A wind tunnel test model was featured at the Vertical Flight Society’s 75th Annual Forum & Technology Display.
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Boeing has released concept footage of a high-speed Apache attack helicopter during the Vertical Flight Society’s 75th Annual Forum & Technology Display- and it looks awfully familiar.
Known as the Advanced AH-64 Block 2 Compound, the concept will serve as an interim solution in the U.S. Army Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program.
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Interestingly enough, the high-tech mode doesn’t seem so high-tech, when one looks back at the AH-56 Cheyenne, which first flew in 1967.
Derived from the Army’s Advanced Aerial Fire Support System program, which ultimately ended in only ten being built.
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Advanced before its time, the Cheyenne was an impressive helicopter that was limited only by the technology of the era.
While the AH-64 Apache technology partially came from the Cheyenne, the development has seemingly come full-circle. In addition to powerplant and control changes, the weapons “wings” and 30mm chain gun have also undergone changes.
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With a rear-mounted pusher propeller, a large vertical fin and a new engine exhaust setup, the new Block 2 Compounds are rather futuristic.
According to Defence Blog, Boeing is ᴅᴇᴀᴅ set on keeping the Apache fleet “capable on the highly complex multi-domain battlefield of the future through 2060.”
A wind tunnel test model was featured at the Vertical Flight Society’s 75th Annual Forum & Technology Display.
The new Block II Compound would increase aircraft speed to 185 kts, increase payload to 5,900 pounds hover-out of ground effect (HOGE) on takeoff, and increase the range to 460 nm.
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