Navigation tools, electric-powered fleet top of mind for special ops
“We know the window is closing to stay on GPS when denied.”
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“We know the window is closing to stay on GPS when denied.”
Maj. Gen. Mac McCurry sat down with Defense News to discuss how the service will simultaneously balance the existing and future fleet.
The US Army's UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters will experience a two-year delay in receiving the next-generation engines due to supply chain and manufacturing issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, pushing back the initial operational capability with ITEP in the UH-60s aircraft to the fourth quarter of FY27.
The UH-60, AH-64 and CH-47 may need to fly for decades more, even as the Army brings future aircraft into its fleet.
ITEP's delayed installation into future helicopter prototypes has had a ripple effect on the fleet set to be upgraded with the next-gen engine.