Buy A New Helo Engine? The Army Thinks It Can, Thinks It Can…

Buy A New Helo Engine? The Army Thinks It Can, Thinks It Can…
Buy A New Helo Engine? The Army Thinks It Can, Thinks It Can…

After more than seven years of designing and testing how to make new, more powerful, and incredibly fuel efficient engines for its AH-64 Apache attack helicopters and UH-60 Black Hawk utility birds, the Army has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP). The Army’s “top aviation priority” thus takes a baby step closer to becoming a…

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…