Advanced Chinook Rotor Blade (ACRB)
Abstract
This effort designs, develops and performs contractor led component qualification for an improved rotor blade capability. This capability significantly increases lift capability, improves reliability, and is a form, fit replacement for the current blade, which will enable payload restoration to the ground force commander. Conduct additional flight testing to reduce risk for Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) and validate Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Computational Structural Dynamics (CSD) models. On 27 September 2021, the Army provided direction to remove Advanced Chinook Rotor Blades (ACRB) from the CH-47F Block II system configuration, and replace them with the currently fielded Fiberglass Rotor Blades (FRB). The activities required to shut down all ACRB efforts, terminate the associated contracts, and complete the requirement and verification updates resulting from this system configuration change will occur within the EMD and System Support subprogram elements.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 313690fa62434320fd7eb16a765e2060