One of the key things war fighters asked for in a new turret, Belvin said, was increased slew rates. However, the need to design out obsolescence of the original 1980s turret and improve maintainability drove the development of the new one, Belvin said. The increased slew rate is an added bonus.
Lockheed believes the modernized design addresses 80 percent of the legacy failure modes and results in a 40 percent increase in turret reliability, according to Belvin.
The new turret also has smaller, more affordable line-replaceable modules, he added. With the old turrets, maintainers would have to pull everything off of the system and it took a special aircraft to bring it out of theater. Legacy subcomponent failure required the entire line replaceable unit (LRU) of the turret to be replaced.
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expected to save the Army an estimated $500 million in operations and sustainment life-cycle costs
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By: Tango III - 7th March 2016 at 18:34 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
MDHI introduces new MD 6XX attack helo to military portfolio
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By: Tango III - 9th March 2016 at 20:09 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Sikorsky Wins $387Mln US Army Contract for 35 Black Hawk Helicopters
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By: Tango III - 9th March 2016 at 20:16 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
India mod says 16 Dhruv helicopters suffered accidents.
Accidents Involving Dhruv Helicopters
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By: Tango III - 10th March 2016 at 20:54 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Cool for Cats As Royal Marines New Helicopter Is Tested for First Time In Norway
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By: Tango III - 11th March 2016 at 21:15 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Russia In Talks with Arab Foundation Mubadala On Selling Stake In Russian Helicopters
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By: Tango III - 12th March 2016 at 19:17 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
A Kamov Ka-52 Alligator.
Russian factory test flies attack helicopter
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By: Tango III - 14th March 2016 at 20:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
US Navy orders 28 H-1s as Army seeks more UH-72s
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By: Tango III - 15th March 2016 at 20:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Japan Coast Guard Orders An Additional H225
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By: Tango III - 15th March 2016 at 20:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Germany approves arms exports to Saudi Arabia and Oman: ministry letter
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By: Tango III - 15th March 2016 at 20:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Airbus Plans Global Hub In India for Panther Copters
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By: Tango III - 16th March 2016 at 20:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Sikorsky Designing Black Hawk Weapon Kits
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By: Tango III - 16th March 2016 at 20:18 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Boeing Wins $896M Order for 12 New and 27 Rebuilt CH-47F Helicopters.
Pentagon Contract Announcement
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By: Tango III - 17th March 2016 at 18:21 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
US to provide Kenya with Huey II helos
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By: Tango III - 17th March 2016 at 18:33 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Lockheed upbeat on possible foreign helicopter sales
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By: Tango III - 18th March 2016 at 20:25 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Russia to supply 40 Mi-28 attack helicopters to Algeria: Interfax
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By: Tango III - 18th March 2016 at 20:26 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
US Military Says Helicopter Crash Lands, No Casualties
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By: Tango III - 18th March 2016 at 20:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Russia to Supply President-S Aircraft Defense Systems to Egypt in Weeks
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By: TomcatViP - 19th March 2016 at 21:55 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Apache Sensor’s High Reliability Turret Could Yield Savings
Source:
Defensenews.com/
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By: Tango III - 20th March 2016 at 18:53 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The Bell 412 helicopter crashes.
12 dead in Indonesian military chopper crash
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By: Tango III - 23rd March 2016 at 20:03 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
An TH-67 had a hard landing.
Ft. Rucker Helicopter Goes Down Near Midland City