On October 1, Ashton B.Carter,the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense,signed the longawaited 'Future Vertical Lift - A Strategic Plan for United States Department of Defense Vertical Lift Aircraft'

摘要

This document - for which AHS, industry and Congress had been clamoring for two years - lays out an overarching vision to replace essentially all DoD rotorcraft with next generation systems over the next 25-40 years. It is intended to provide industry, academia and government organizations with a clear roadmap of DoD's intent for development of future vertical lift aircraft. It enables industry to align Independent Research and Development (IRAD) budgets with the goals and timelines set forth and allows the military services to coordinate their resources to mitigate the capability gaps that recent studies have identified.