RAH-66 Comanche (Wallpaper 1)
Monday, June 13, 2011
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RAH-66 Comanche (Wallpaper 1)
Photo wallpaper gallery of RAH-66 Comanche Reconnaissance / Attack helicopter 1. Eurocopter RAH-66 Comanche Reconnaissance / Attack helicopter pictures and images collection 1.
The Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche was an advanced U.S. Army military helicopter intended for the armed reconnaissance role, incorporating stealth technologies. It was also intended to designate targets for the AH-64 Apache. The RAH-66 program was canceled in 2004 before it was fielded. In 1982 the U.S. Army started the Light Helicopter Experimental (LHX) program to replace UH-1, AH-1, OH-6, and OH-58 helicopters. This requirement was changed to a reconnaissance helicopter by 1988. Request for proposals for the new helicopter type were released in June 1988. In October 1988, the Boeing-Sikorsky and Bell-McDonnell Douglas teams received contracts for their designs. The program's name was changed to Light Helicopter (LH) in 1990. RAH-66 Comanche (Wallpaper 1). Photo wallpaper gallery of RAH-66 Comanche Reconnaissance / Attack helicopter 1. Eurocopter RAH-66 Comanche Reconnaissance / Attack helicopter pictures and images collection 1. In April 1991, the Boeing-Sikorsky team was selected as the contest winner and received a contract to build four prototypes. Also that month the helicopter was designated RAH-66 Comanche by the Army. In 1993, the first prototype began assembly. The following year the number of prototypes was cut to two. The first Comanche prototype was rolled out of the Sikorsky Aircraft's helicopter production facility on 25 May 1995. The prototype's maiden flight occurred on 4 January 1996. Flight qualification tests and evaluations were conducted for the two DEM/VAL (Demonstration and Validation Phase) prototypes. Through the early 2000s, the U.S. Army planned to purchase over 1,200 Comanches to fill the scout and light attack roles, with deliveries of operational RAH-66s beginning in 2006. Flight testing was conducted with the two prototypes. The first Comanche prototype, serial 94-0327, completed 318 flights over 387 hours before ending its testing career in January 2002. After meeting key criteria, the RAH-66 entered the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase on 1 June 2000. Efforts to reduce empty weight by 200 lb (90.7 kg) or 2% to meet target weight were begun later that year. The second prototype, 95-0001, was in flight testing until May 2001. In 2002 the program was restructured and the number of Comanches to be purchased was cut to 650. RAH-66 Comanche (Wallpaper 1). Photo wallpaper gallery of RAH-66 Comanche Reconnaissance / Attack helicopter 1. Eurocopter RAH-66 Comanche Reconnaissance / Attack helicopter pictures and images collection 1.
Photo wallpaper gallery of RAH-66 Comanche Reconnaissance / Attack helicopter 1. Eurocopter RAH-66 Comanche Reconnaissance / Attack helicopter pictures and images collection 1.
The Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche was an advanced U.S. Army military helicopter intended for the armed reconnaissance role, incorporating stealth technologies. It was also intended to designate targets for the AH-64 Apache. The RAH-66 program was canceled in 2004 before it was fielded. In 1982 the U.S. Army started the Light Helicopter Experimental (LHX) program to replace UH-1, AH-1, OH-6, and OH-58 helicopters. This requirement was changed to a reconnaissance helicopter by 1988. Request for proposals for the new helicopter type were released in June 1988. In October 1988, the Boeing-Sikorsky and Bell-McDonnell Douglas teams received contracts for their designs. The program's name was changed to Light Helicopter (LH) in 1990. RAH-66 Comanche (Wallpaper 1). Photo wallpaper gallery of RAH-66 Comanche Reconnaissance / Attack helicopter 1. Eurocopter RAH-66 Comanche Reconnaissance / Attack helicopter pictures and images collection 1. In April 1991, the Boeing-Sikorsky team was selected as the contest winner and received a contract to build four prototypes. Also that month the helicopter was designated RAH-66 Comanche by the Army. In 1993, the first prototype began assembly. The following year the number of prototypes was cut to two. The first Comanche prototype was rolled out of the Sikorsky Aircraft's helicopter production facility on 25 May 1995. The prototype's maiden flight occurred on 4 January 1996. Flight qualification tests and evaluations were conducted for the two DEM/VAL (Demonstration and Validation Phase) prototypes. Through the early 2000s, the U.S. Army planned to purchase over 1,200 Comanches to fill the scout and light attack roles, with deliveries of operational RAH-66s beginning in 2006. Flight testing was conducted with the two prototypes. The first Comanche prototype, serial 94-0327, completed 318 flights over 387 hours before ending its testing career in January 2002. After meeting key criteria, the RAH-66 entered the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase on 1 June 2000. Efforts to reduce empty weight by 200 lb (90.7 kg) or 2% to meet target weight were begun later that year. The second prototype, 95-0001, was in flight testing until May 2001. In 2002 the program was restructured and the number of Comanches to be purchased was cut to 650. RAH-66 Comanche (Wallpaper 1). Photo wallpaper gallery of RAH-66 Comanche Reconnaissance / Attack helicopter 1. Eurocopter RAH-66 Comanche Reconnaissance / Attack helicopter pictures and images collection 1.
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