New electronic system seeks to speed attack helicopter response time on the battlefield

摘要

Officials at the Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD) at Fort Eustis, Va., asked engineers at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control in Orlando, Fla., to quicken the response time of AH-64 Apache attack helicopters on the battlefield by integrating unmanned air-rncraft system (UAS) video.rnThis initiative involves shortening the "kill chain" for the Apache helicopter, which Army leaders want finished in less than a year. The kill chain refers to the sequence of events that must occur for the Apache helicopter to engage and kill its target. These events include surveillance, identification, acquisition, guidance, and destroying the target.