Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on LHX Requirements
Abstract
This is the final report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on LHX Requirements. This Task Force was established last December at the request of the Under Secretary of Defense (R&E) to attempt to apply the findings and recommendations of the 1985 DSB Summer Study panel on military requirements to an important new program before this program reached the full-scale development stage. The Task Force was also charged with reviewing the requirement for the LHX itself. This DSB Task Force was formed at the request of the Under Secretary of Defense (R&E) in December 1985 to assess the Army's current effort to replace some of its aging fleet of lighter helicopters in several classes (scout, attack, and utility) with a single new helicopter: the LHX. The assessment was to include not only the process by which the Army's official requirement for the LHX was arrived at but also the specific requirement itself. The Task Force has examined the current state of the requirements for the LHX and has concluded that the program is following almost exactly the DoD Problem Program process described in the 1985 DSB Summer Study Report. Therefore, while the Task Force has little doubt about the Army's very real need to upgrade its light helicopter fleet, it does have deep concerns about the future of this program as now being pursued.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA173696
Entities
Organizations
- Defense Science Board