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Commanche alternatives?
What will the US use?
There is obviously a operational need for an attack helicopter. How about licensed production of the Tigre!! I can't imaging the Apache being current in a very few years, not without major upgrades... Cheers |
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According to several articles I have read the billions saved will be used to
upgrade the Apache & for RPVs. Myc "John Cook" wrote in message ... What will the US use? There is obviously a operational need for an attack helicopter. How about licensed production of the Tigre!! I can't imaging the Apache being current in a very few years, not without major upgrades... Cheers |
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"John Cook" wrote in message ... What will the US use? There is obviously a operational need for an attack helicopter. Which is what we have the Apache for. How about licensed production of the Tigre!! I don't think so. Why step *down* from the current Apache? I can't imaging the Apache being current in a very few years, not without major upgrades... It is being upgraded. A models are being rebuilt as D models. D models will receive suitable upgrades as needed. What we *need* are new light utility helos for the ARNG, and this requirment has already been mentioned as a possible destination for some of the previously planned Commanche funds. Brooks Cheers |
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I can't imaging the Apache being current in a very few years, not
without major upgrades... Um ... why? |
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John Cook wrote in message . ..
What will the US use? There is obviously a operational need for an attack helicopter. How about licensed production of the Tigre!! I can't imaging the Apache being current in a very few years, not without major upgrades... Cheers The days of the attack helo are numbered. The US Army is going with the Hunter and Raven UAVs plus future UCAVs. Photo of Raven: http://147.71.210.21/fm4480/chpt12/raven/uravn_p1.gif Not surprising since UCAVs can do a better job, are cheaper, unmanned, and can (in the future) carry " Swarmers"- KKVs (Kinetic Kill Vehicles) that attack everything like exploding locusts. BTW, Germany is going the Swarmer route in the future Rob |
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In article ,
Mike Marron wrote: (robert arndt) wrote: The days of the attack helo are numbered. The US Army is going with the Hunter and Raven UAVs plus future UCAVs. Photo of Raven: http://147.71.210.21/fm4480/chpt12/raven/uravn_p1.gif Hmmm...note the 6-inch diameter fuselage boom tube (probably 6061 T6 aluminum or something similiar). Yup, damn sure looks like an ultralight to me! (Relax...that giant sucking sound you hear are just the deflating egos of the "Mavericks" and "Killer Chicks" everywhere...) ....and the crunching sound you're going to hear is the machines hitting the ground after real pilots start blowing the little critters out of the air... -- cirby at cfl.rr.com Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations. Slam on brakes accordingly. |
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Perhaps new technology - about which we know nothing - has already been used
to develop replacements for both the Apache and Comanche .... Jack "John Cook" wrote in message ... What will the US use? There is obviously a operational need for an attack helicopter. How about licensed production of the Tigre!! I can't imaging the Apache being current in a very few years, not without major upgrades... Cheers |
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"Emmanuel Gustin" wrote:
The Apache's TADS/PNVS nose turret is now 'ancient' technology. It now depends on how far advanced (and how troublesome) the development of the RAH-66 sensor suite was, I suppose. Exactly. The TADS/PNVS has long been a maintenance problem for the AH-64A. Word is that the D's fitting was little changed. Either the RAH-66 sensor and targeting gear or something similar to the latest AH-1Z's NTS/FLIR would be an improvement. There's nothing major about the airframe that's a problem, although there have been smaller issues. ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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