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Army Loves AH-64D Block III Enough To Call It Echo; Will Taliban Call It The...
AUSA: The Army has scheduled a news conference for Wednesday to announce that from that day on, the Block III version of Boeing Co.’s AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter will instead be designated...
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Army Nicknames AH-64E ‘Guardian’— Shoulda Been ‘Monster’
The Army has altered the name of the latest-model Apache attack helicopter for the second time in recent months — and once again missed a grand opportunity. [Click here for our full coverage of the...
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Army Aviators Face New Threats With Old Helicopters: Drones, Tactics Key
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD: Many new threats, but few new weapons to meet them. That’s what the cash-strapped future holds for the entire Army, but especially for the service’s most expensive branch, the...
View ArticleArmy AH-64E Apache Guardian’s Budget Troubles: Loren Thompson
Loren Thompson on budget agonies over Army’s AH-64E Apache Guardian: http://bit.ly/13Vb58W. Our look at helicopter hurdles overall: http://aol.it/YsYt4o @SydneyFreedberg Tags: @tweets, AH-64 Apache,...
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Apache Helicopter: Congress Asks Army Why It’s Accepting Unfinished AH-64Es
CAPITOL HILL: Congress has asked the Army to explain why it has officially taken delivery of at least seven AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopters that don’t have transmissions installed yet, Breaking...
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Army: AH-64E Apaches Are A-OK; Transmission Problem Didn’t Hit Cost Or Schedule
The Army’s newest attack helicopter is on track, the colonel in charge said in response to congressional concerns: Delays in manufacturing transmissions for the Boeing-built AH-64E Guardian have...
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Army Plays Shell Game With Unfinished Apache Helicopters: Put The...
WASHINGTON: The Army’s problem with its new Apache helicopters isn’t as bad as we thought when we first wrote about it last week. It’s worse. We knew that Northstar Aerospace, the subcontractor making...
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Sec Army McHugh Says No Choice But Accept Apache Transmission Swaps; Line...
WASHINGTON: The Secretary of the Army defended today what he admitted was “an unconventional approach” to fielding the service’s cutting-edge AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopter, saying the only...
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Budgets &‘Betrayal’: National Guard Fights To Keep Apache Gunships
“To be honest, we feel betrayed.” That’s what one National Guard gunship pilot told me when I asked him about the Army’s plan to strip the Guard of all its AH-64 Apache attack helicopters. That plan —...
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Grey Eagle-Apache Run Shows Tech’s Not Enough; Ya Gotta Have Doctrine
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.: Manned-Unmanned Teaming, when manned aircraft crews control drones from their cockpit, is a child of the drone revolution still in its infancy. So maybe it’s no surprise that Army...
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Army Aviation Budget Plunges Earthward
Aviation, always the Army’s largest modernization account, goes into a nosedive in the fiscal 2017 budget, plunging from $5.9 billion to $3.6 billion. The $2.3 billion cut more than makes up for a $1.3...
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Army Pushes Missile Defense For Tanks: MAPS
[UPDATED with details on $90 million plus-up from House defense bill, total contract values] Alarmed by deadly battles in Ukraine, the Army wants to place miniaturized missile defense systems on its...
View ArticleArmy Aviators Face New Threats With Old Helicopters: Drones, Tactics Key
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD: Many new threats, but few new weapons to meet them. That’s what the cash-strapped future holds for the entire Army, but especially for the service’s most expensive branch, the...
View ArticleArmy AH-64E Apache Guardian’s Budget Troubles: Loren Thompson
Loren Thompson on budget agonies over Army’s AH-64E Apache Guardian: http://bit.ly/13Vb58W. Our look at helicopter hurdles overall: http://aol.it/YsYt4o @SydneyFreedberg
View ArticleApache Helicopter: Congress Asks Army Why It’s Accepting Unfinished AH-64Es
CAPITOL HILL: Congress has asked the Army to explain why it has officially taken delivery of at least seven AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopters that don’t have transmissions installed yet, Breaking...
View ArticleArmy: AH-64E Apaches Are A-OK; Transmission Problem Didn’t Hit Cost Or Schedule
The Army’s newest attack helicopter is on track, the colonel in charge said in response to congressional concerns: Delays in manufacturing transmissions for the Boeing-built AH-64E Guardian have...
View ArticleArmy Plays Shell Game With Unfinished Apache Helicopters: Put The...
WASHINGTON: The Army’s problem with its new Apache helicopters isn’t as bad as we thought when we first wrote about it last week. It’s worse. We knew that Northstar Aerospace, the subcontractor making...
View ArticleSec Army McHugh Says No Choice But Accept Apache Transmission Swaps; Line...
WASHINGTON: The Secretary of the Army defended today what he admitted was “an unconventional approach” to fielding the service’s cutting-edge AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopter, saying the only...
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Budgets &‘Betrayal’: National Guard Fights To Keep Apache Gunships
“To be honest, we feel betrayed.” That’s what one National Guard gunship pilot told me when I asked him about the Army’s plan to strip the Guard of all its AH-64 Apache attack helicopters. That plan —...
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Grey Eagle-Apache Run Shows Tech’s Not Enough; Ya Gotta Have Doctrine
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.: Manned-Unmanned Teaming, when manned aircraft crews control drones from their cockpit, is a child of the drone revolution still in its infancy. So maybe it’s no surprise that Army...
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