"Military Martial Plane" Author: Lu Zhi
Boeing , which has been hit hard in the military aircraft market in recent years, has launched the concept of the so-called modern Apache attack helicopter. The change is quite large, and it is also considered by many foreign military experts to be a major development direction of armed helicopter at this stage and the direction of improving and extending life.
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Apache armed helicopter was not too late. It is the first truly advanced armed helicopter in the world. It is a nearly perfect armed helicopter developed by the United States based on a large number of previous armed helicopters. Since the birth of Apache , many countries have learned from and imitated accordingly, especially Russia's m28-meter-28 armed helicopter , which is similar to Apache in terms of configuration and design concept.
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Boeing launches this new concept modification of Apache helicopter because US Army is currently promoting a modern improvement work called future vertical lift. The purpose of this project is two. The first is to obtain some brand new helicopters, such as the new armed reconnaissance helicopter. But the focus is on improving existing helicopters so that they can continue to exert their remaining energy. After all, everyone knows that the truly important services of the United States are the Air Force and the Navy.
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According to the current news released by Boeing , the main upgrades of the new Apache helicopter are divided into 6 major categories. The first is to upgrade the power transmission system to effectively improve the power and range of the helicopter, and the speed has also increased. These changes directly improve the attack efficiency of the helicopter. The second is the modular open system method, referred to as MOSA for short, which can achieve maximum interoperability and have higher-level functions. Third, it is an advanced mission system that improves interoperability with the network and reduces the workload of pilots during flight and attack. The fourth is to have more advanced sensors and integrate the sensors into each other. The fifth point is more critical, that is, it has more advanced airborne long-range precision ammunition and a directional energy weapon system that may be used in the future, and its lethality has been qualitatively improved. The sixth point is about saving money, which is to reduce procurement and maintenance prices during the life cycle.
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From the appearance, the new Apache has not changed much compared to the previous Apache, but the most obvious change is that the short wings on both sides of the fuselage have longer lengths and significantly improved mounting capacity. There are three hangers on the single side. According to the images released by Boeing, the inner hanger and the middle hanger are mounted with 4 multi-purpose anti-tank missiles through the composite hanger, which means that it is not the outer hanger, and its internal hanger can already achieve the full load loading capacity of Apache, which is 16 heavy anti-tank missiles.
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Of course, the two tube-shaped transmitters on the outside are not simple either. According to external reports, it is very likely that they are universal transmitters CLT. It is a multi-mission launch system that can launch drones in addition to launching conventional missiles, and ammunition. Some experts also said that this launch device is likely to be a solid-state high-energy laser directional energy weapon of Raytheon , and has been displayed on Apache in the past. Of course, if the helicopter needs to be transferred to flight or has a relatively long combat mission, the hanger can also be equipped with and to increase the range.
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Through this series of upgrades, the performance of the Apache armed helicopter has indeed improved significantly compared to the current models. According to the United States' plan, there is no problem to continue serving for more than ten or twenty years, and there will be no obvious backwardness. Apache's improvement ideas are actually suitable for armed helicopters in other countries, such as my country's 10 and Russia's m 28, etc.In contrast, the improvement potential of in my country's Z-10 armed helicopter is not as deep as that of Apache, and it also needs to be supported by a more powerful engine. Large-sized, heavy-weight helicopters like Mi28 and Ka52 have better improvement potential. Armed helicopters still have a relatively high position in future wars, and we can also see the core changes in this, which are actually drones and cyber warfare.
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