Kiowa Warrior replacement heats up

摘要

The US Army's need to replace its Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior armed aerial scout helicopters drew high-profile responses from several companies at the show, including a surprise proposal to radically modify the current fleet.rnEADS North America and Lockheed Martin will modify three Eu-rocopter EC145s into technology demonstrators this year in advance of a potential competition. Their rebranded AAS-72X seeks to build on EADS's success in selling 345 EC145-based UH-72A La-kota light utility helicopters to the army for non-combat missions.