After months of anticipation, the U.S. Army has released a new request for information (RFI) seeking updated industry input “on commercial, commercial-modified, military, conceptual air vehicle technologies, performance capabilities and …
This video of an AH-64 Apache crash in Afghanistan is the real thing. Apparently it was taken Feb. 8, 2012 at a combat outpost near Marzak in Paktika province, Afghanistan. …
As part of the Army Aviation balance between modernizing today’s high OPTEMPO fleets and planning for future requirements, Army leadership acknowledges the genesis of a next generation multi-service platform commonly …
Ceremonies held on Nov. 2, 2011, at The Boeing Company facility in Mesa, Ariz., marked the delivery of the first AH-64D Apache Block III multi-role attack helicopter to the U.S. …
Given the rapidly expanding tactical capabilities of unmanned aircraft systems, few observers would question the U.S. Army’s tightening embrace of these platforms. As outlined in the foreword to the recently …
In the 1960s, the Army tested the AH-56A Cheyenne, an attack helicopter that might have revolutionized warfare. Had a civilian version existed, it might have changed aviation.
Instead, the Cheyenne …
The first helicopter in the CH-47 Chinook series, known as the time as a YCH-1B, made its maiden flight on Sept. 21, 1961. By the time the U.S. Army and …
The United States Army is holding its first Manned Unmanned Systems Integration Capability (MUSIC) demonstration at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah.
Viewed by planners as the first of what will likely …
The newest version of the venerable CH-47 Chinook, the CH-47F or “Fox” variant already has nearly four years of deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan behind it, and with more than …
Believe it or not, the CH-47F Chinook already has nearly four years of deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan behind it.
It’s easy to think of the big twin-rotor hauler as …
