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 ...horough facelift as its market dominance is
threatened by such rivals as Eurocopter's Tiger
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The Boeing AH-64 Apache has largely dominated the interna tional attack helicopter market since its 1991 Gulf War bap tism of fire, racking up a suc
cession of competitive wins in, among oth
ers places,...
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 ...he DoD earmarked $500
million for the DLA to purchase spares for
all the US military services between fiscal
years 2001 and 2004. The US Army will use
part of its share to rebuild stocks for the
Boeing AH-64 Apache gunship, Sikorsky
UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopter and
Boeing CH-47 Chinook heavylift machine.
GAO investigators say spares shortages for
the three helicopters "adversely af...
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 ...Military rotorcraft
forward airspeed will start to generate lift.
By 120kt, these surfaces will provide lift
equal to the vehicle's weight, unloading
the 3.66m-diameter rotor/wing and allow
ing i...
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 ...ral
Europe goes to Lt Gen
Gregory Martin, deputy sec
retary of acquisition for the
air force, who is promoted to
general and is succeeded by
Maj Gen Stephen Plummer.
Israel to rely on Apaches
Boeing AH-64 Apaches will take over from Israeli ground forces
ISRAELI MR FORCE Boeing AH-64 Apache attack heli
copters will protect northern Israel
when the Israeli defence forces
(IDF) withdraw ...
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 ...iption of an operational
system and a design for a
Arbitrator will rule
on AH-64 fuselage
production dispute
ALEGAL DISPUTE between Boeing and Teledyne Ryan
Aeronautical over production of
the Boeing AH-64 Apache fuse
lages is expected to move to arbi
tration after a US district judge
recommended the case should be
settled out of court.
The move follows the filing of a
law suit by Tel...
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 ... equipment, tuition and jobs.
As the US Helicopter Association
International show approaches, Flight
International'looks at developments in
military-helicopter technology and features
the latest Boeing AH-64 Apache (above).
ISSN W15-3710 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 4 - 10 February 199...
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 ...
Southern Asia
A-7 Corsair
Russia
Russia
India
A-7E/TA-7E Corsair II Thailand
Australasia, North & East Asia
A-7E/H/TA-7C Corsair Greece
NATO
COMBAT HELICOPTER FLEETS
Mil Mi-24/25/35 Hind
Boeing AH-64 Apache
Bell OH-58 Kiowa/Kiowa
Scout/406 Combat Scout
Bell AH-1
Eurocopter Tiger
Agusta A129 Mangusta
Kawasaki OH-1
Denel CSH-1 Rooivalk
Kamov Ka-50/52
AF 10
Total 15
AF
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 ...n the Middle East and
Dassault's Rafale will take part in the flying
display. The US Department of Defense has
thrown its weight behind the show with a
strong contingent of aircraft, including a
Boeing AH-64 Apache and F/A-18,
Lockheed Martin F-16 and C-130J and
Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler, E-2C
Hawkeye and RQ-4A Global Hawk.
Eurofighter will be represented in its own
right. Military ...
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 ...e force
Bangladesh AF
Indonesian navy
Australia
Honduran AF
Mexican navy
Australia
Chilean AF
USAF
US Army
Venezuelan AF
Indian AF
Turkish AF
Italian AF
Kazakhstan AF
Turkish AF
Type
Boeing AH-64 Apache
"Transport"
Mil Mi-8MTV
B-N Islander
Chengdu FT-7
CASA/IPTN NC212M-200
Eurocopter AS350 Squirrel
IAI Arava 201
Eurocopter AS555AF
Eurocopter AS350 Squirrel
Schempp-Hirth ...
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 ...kheed Martin AGM-114 Hellfire anti-
nk missile, up to six of which can be
:commodated in the helicopter's two
ternal weapons bays. The helicopter's
frared (IR) signature is one-quarter of
at of a Boeing AH-64 Apache and is
most twice as quiet as the Bell OH-58D
owa Warrior Scout it replaces.
LO features include a graphite, Kevlar
and glass reinforced plastic airframe, a
shrouded low-noise...
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 ...tin have outlined a series of
modifications to the Starstreak
missile. The changes are intended
to improve integration of the heli
copter-launched version of the sur
face-to-air weapon with the
Boeing AH-64 Apache, ahead of a
planned shoot-off against the
competing Raytheon Stinger.
The US Army is soon expected
to award contracts to Raytheon and
Shorts, together with its US part
ner Lo...
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 ...r 1 US combat helicopters
detector array/cooler. While Apache relies
on a monocle helmet-mounted display, the
RAH-66's NVPS and image-intensified TV
are displayed on a binocular helmet.
The main ...
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 ... streaking ahead with integrating Starstreak on to Apache
SHORTS MISSILE Systems (SMS) is closing on a solution to
eliminate an adverse pressure wave
when the Starstreak missile is fired
from the Boeing AH-64 Apache
attack helicopter.
Tests by the US Army have re
vealed problems with debris from
the missile's packaging and a pres
sure wave created by the first stage
rocket motor. Starstr...
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 ...USAF plans F-16 improvements
PAUL LEWIS/WASHINGTON DC
THE US AIR Force is drawing up plans for a Falcon Star
structural enhancement package to
sustain the operational life of the
large numbers of...
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 ...Wild Weasel air
defence upgrade
offered to RAAF
EADS IS OFFERING the Royal Australian Air Force
(RAAF) a modular Wild Weasel
system to provide a suppression
of enemy air defences (SEAD)
capabil...
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 ...
military helicopter deals in Asia,
involving an requirement for up to
100 new machines. J
RTM322-powered Apache gets set for June flight
FIRST FLIGHT of the Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322-powered Boeing AH-64 Apache is set
for 1 June, say programme officials, who are now 50% through initial ground tests with the Anglo-
French engine. The powerplant was selected over the incumbent General Elec...
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 ...,N BRIEF
JSF ASSEMBLY
Lockheed Martin launched
assembly of the first F-35 Joint
Strike Fighter's (JSF) forward
fuselage at its Fort Worth site in
Texas last week. The company
expects to begin a...
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 ...ons "so far are posi
tive", he says. A full-scale Super
Hornet model is undergoing pole
testing to measure antenna pat-
Lockheed Martin is offering the US
Army and international operators
of the Boeing AH-64 Apache an
additional dual-band forward look
ing infrared (FL1R) enhancement to
the new Arrowhead modernised
target acquisition designation
sight/pilot night vision sensor (M-
TADS/PN...
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 ...ARMY AVIATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
UTILITY HELICOPTERS PAUL LEWIS / NASHVILLE
US Army rethinks future rotorcraft
Sikorsky UH-60X Black Hawk growth version could be ditched in favour of larger gen...
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 ...us A340-
500/600, for which Inter-
technique of France will
supply its bleed management
computers.
• L-3 ON APACHE
L-3 Display Systems has
been selected to provide
cockpit displays for US Army
Boeing AH-64 Apache heli
copters. The $3.8 million
contract was awarded to the
New York based company by
Lockheed Martin, as part of
its Target Acquisition De
signation System/Pilot Night
Visio...
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