Smoke-Filled Cockpits Prompt Return to Older Generators for Apache Helicopters
The US Army is reverting to older generators for Apache helicopters after encountering safety issues with a recently upgraded model.
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The US Army is reverting to older generators for Apache helicopters after encountering safety issues with a recently upgraded model.
“We've seen some improvement … and so readiness is there: We have enough retrofit generators right now [and] it's not impacting readiness,” said John Chicoli, the director of Boeing’s global services for vertical lift and special operations.
The Army is rapidly pursuing launched effects to deliver surveillance, reconnaissance, targeting, network and lethal capabilities to a modern force.
U.S. ARMY DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah. The U.S. Army reports successful conclusion of initial system flight tests of a medium-range launched effects prototype to verify the functionality of the system components. Launched effects are small uncrewed aerial systems (UASs) that shoot out of something else mid-flight.
Despite last week’s aviation upheaval, the Army Requirements Oversight Council (AROC) is slated to meet before the end of March to debate the path ahead for a formal program of record.