MAS Bulletin. Lucas Turreted Tround Gun System

Abstract

The Lucas Aerospace Actuation Division located at Wolverhampton, England, has been involved with the design and development of a gun system primarily intended as a self-defense capability for transport, surveillance, and support helicopters. Currently, the company has achieved success in qualifying the system on two Bell helicopters - the 412SP and the 212 model. The 412SP effort was the result of a joint engineering program between Bell and Lucas in 1986/87 and the 212 model effort was a joint association between Lucas and the Austrian Air Force, who provided the helicopter. This work was completed in September 1988, and the aircraft is now undergoing extensive in-country evaluation in winter conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1989
Accession Number
ADA270684

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Ammunition
  • Cartridge Cases
  • Control Panels
  • Engineering
  • Firing Pins
  • Firing Rate
  • Gun Chambers
  • Gun Turrets
  • Guns
  • Helicopters
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Linkless Ammunition
  • Machine Guns
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).

Technology Areas

  • Space