Army begins testing on ITEP engine

Army begins testing on ITEP engine
Army begins testing on ITEP engine

General Electric’s T901 engine is slated to replace Black Hawk and Apache engines, as well as power the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program.

Romania Inches Forward On Major Attack Helo Deal

Romania Inches Forward On Major Attack Helo Deal
Romania Inches Forward On Major Attack Helo Deal

Romania, a NATO ally, is nervously watching Russian moves in the Black Sea, is spending big on American military kit.

Army Helo Cuts Save $176M A Year Over Guard Plan: CAPE

Army Helo Cuts Save $176M A Year Over Guard Plan: CAPE
Army Helo Cuts Save $176M A Year Over Guard Plan: CAPE

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon’s hardest-nosed accountants have endorsed the Army’s Aviation Restructure Initiative. ARI is a controversial cost-cutting plan which would retire the Vietnam-vintage OH-58 Kiowa scout helicopters and replace them with AH-64 Apache gunships taken from the National Guard. The Army said ARI, once fully implemented, would save $1.09 billion a year. In a document…

Grey Eagle-Apache Run Shows Tech’s Not Enough; Ya Gotta Have Doctrine

Grey Eagle-Apache Run Shows Tech’s Not Enough; Ya Gotta Have Doctrine
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 Apache helicopter units with new AH-64Es equipped to control MQ-1C Grey Eagle armed drones have gotten off to a crawl rather than a run using…

Guessing Game: It’s An Apache; It’s A Chinese Attack Helo; It’s A???

Guessing Game: It’s An Apache; It’s A Chinese Attack Helo; It’s A???
Guessing Game: It’s An Apache; It’s A Chinese Attack Helo; It’s A???

UPDATED: Latest Theory Is The Helo Is From Chinese Museum. No Proof. A photo of a helicopter that looks quite a bit like an American Apache AH-64 attack helicopter on a truck has surfaced in China. The experts agree on one thing: they aren’t sure what the aircraft is or what it portends. What do…