Apache Helicopter: Reliability of Key Components Yet to Be Fully Demonstrated

Abstract

Army efforts to improve the reliability of selected hardware components have been ongoing for several years. Although the Army has made some progress in resolving key problems, as of August 1991, the improved components had not fully demonstrated their reliability. In addition, structural cracking in the tail boom has emerged as a potentially catastrophic problem as the aircraft accumulate flying hours, and the FM antenna reception problem has degraded the Apaches communication performance.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 03, 1991
Accession Number
AD1157133

Entities

People

  • Richard A. Davis

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Army Aviation
  • Army Personnel
  • Composite Materials
  • Dipole Antennas
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Helicopters
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Materials
  • Production
  • Reliability
  • Tail Rotors
  • Test Equipment

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.