AH-64 Apache Projects

[TomcatViP]

We don't know if that is more geometry only. The report also mentioned an M1 tank hull.

 

[yasotay]

Well if someone will go put a few hundred hours on the printed rotor head I might be more inclined to accept it. That is what we pay test pilots for right?

 

[Scott Kenny]

Well if someone will go put a few hundred hours on the printed rotor head I might be more inclined to accept it. That is what we pay test pilots for right?

I'd much rather borrow the MQ8 drone software for this one, thanks.

 

[GTX]

Legendary Apache helicopter marks 40 years of service

 

[aonestudio]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPBPsIVLwJ8

 

[yasotay]

The Modernized AH-64 Apache

www.boeing.com

New! and improved!

 

[Scott Kenny]

The Modernized AH-64 Apache

www.boeing.com

New! and improved!

New (to me) IR suppression directing the exhaust up into the rotor, maybe new engines, longer stub wings with 3x heavy stations per side, MOSA.

Edit: really too bad that the compound Apache isn't happening yet...

 

[yasotay]

Apache is not getting a lot of love these days. In fairness a lot of updates were being done while the United States were focused on Central Asia. With the pivot to the Pacific and the huge distances, there are few with an appitite for further investment in a short(er) range attack helicopter. Short sighted perhaps, but with senior leaders in the US trying to invest in updating the U.S. Navy, and the U.S. Air Force as the primary branches in that region, and FLRAA just starting, there is very little funds available at the moment.

 

[isayyo2]

Shiny!

Boeing's Plan For Modernized AH-64 Apaches Serving Into The 2060s

The AH-64 is more critical than ever to the Army after the cancellation of FARA, but the relevance of attack helicopters is also increasingly being questioned. New engines and avionics are set to give the Apache a new lease of life as it remains at the center of U.S. Army planning.

www.twz.com

 

[Scott Kenny]

Shiny!

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Boeing's Plan For Modernized AH-64 Apaches Serving Into The 2060s

The AH-64 is more critical than ever to the Army after the cancellation of FARA, but the relevance of attack helicopters is also increasingly being questioned. New engines and avionics are set to give the Apache a new lease of life as it remains at the center of U.S. Army planning.

www.twz.com

Longer wings I expected, shame about not getting the pusher prop.

 

[jsport]

AH-64 Apache To Be Tested With Wing-Mounted AESA Radar

The U.S. Army is looking for an active electronically scanned array radar small enough to fit under the Apache's stub wing. The U.S. Army is looking for an E-Scan radar small enough to be carried under the stub wing of an Apache.

www.twz.com

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Why is this topic full of non-project posts?

 

[TomcatViP]

Why is this topic full of non-project posts

Moved

 

[RavenOne]

Our last and 50th AH-64E Apache AH2 has been handed over

Boeing Delivers Final United Kingdom Apache E-Model

www.boeing.co.uk

Cheers

 

[yasotay]

Shiney! Still has that new helicopter smell I bet.

 

[Scott Kenny]

Shiney! Still has that new helicopter smell I bet.

Is that like "new Porshe smell"?

 

[Felocie]

G’day guys, with regards to the naval Apache, why cut the chain gun? Could it not be integrated differently? It seems like a fairly useful capability in LIC and peacetime patrols

 

[Firefinder]

G’day guys, with regards to the naval Apache, why cut the chain gun? Could it not be integrated differently? It seems like a fairly useful capability in LIC and peacetime patrols

If I recall correctly it was a combo of weight space issues.

Basically big radar need the room of the ammo to fit its stuff.

And a side of the Navys, AT THE TIME, not liking electrical powered weapons like that.

 

[Felocie]

If I recall correctly it was a combo of weight space issues.

Basically big radar need the room of the ammo to fit its stuff.

And a side of the Navys, AT THE TIME, not liking electrical powered weapons like that.

Thanks for your reply, very interesting. I suppose gun pods could be made and fitted on the stub wings when needed in any case