List of Army Rotary Wing Aircrafts with detailed specification:
AH-6 Little Bird
General Chracteristics of AH-6 Little Bird are as Below:
Role: | Light attack/reconnaissance helicopter |
National origin: | United States |
Manufacturer: | Boeing Rotorcraft Systems |
First flight: |
ULB: September 8, 2004 MELB: September 20, 2006 |
Status: | Under development |
Developed from: | MD Helicopters MH-6 Little Bird |
AH-64 Apache
General Chracteristics of AH-64 Apache are as Below:
Role: | Attack helicopter |
National origin: | United States |
Manufacturer: |
Hughes Helicopters (1975–84) McDonnell Douglas (1984–97) Boeing Defense, Space & Security(1997–present) |
Designer: | Hughes Helicopters |
First flight: | 30 September 1975 |
Introduction: | April 1986 |
Status: | In service |
Primary users: |
United States Army Israeli Air Force Egyptian Air Force Royal Netherlands Air Force |
Produced: | 1983–present |
Number built: | 2,000 as of March 2013 |
Unit cost: |
AH-64A: US$20M (2007) AH-64D: US$65M (2010) AH-64E: US$35.5M (FY2014) |
Variants: | AgustaWestland Apache |
CH-47 Chinook
General Chracteristics of CH-47 Chinook are as Below:
Role: | Transport helicopter |
National origin: | United States |
Manufacturer: | Boeing Rotorcraft Systems |
First flight: | 21-Sep-1961 |
Introduction: | 1962 |
Status: | In service |
Primary users: |
United States Army Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Royal Netherlands Air Force |
Produced: | 1962–present |
Number built: | Over 1,200 as of 2012 |
Unit cost: | US$38.55 million (CH-47F, FY13) |
Developed from: | Vertol Model 107 |
Variants: | Boeing Chinook (UK variants) |
UH-60 Black Hawk
General Chracteristics of UH-60 Black Hawk are as Below:
Role: | Utility helicopter |
Manufacturer: | Sikorsky Aircraft |
First flight: | 17-Oct-1974 |
Introduction: | 1979 |
Status: | In service |
Primary users: |
United States Army Japan Self Defense Forces Colombian Armed Forces Turkish Armed Forces |
Produced: | 1974–present |
Number built: | About 4,000 |
Unit cost: | UH-60: US$21.3 million (avg. U.S. procurement, 2012) |
Developed from: | Sikorsky S-70 |
Variants: |
Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk Sikorsky HH-60 Jayhawk Mitsubishi H-60 |
OH-58 Kiowa
General Chracteristics of OH-58 Kiowa are as Below:
Role: | Observation and reconnaissance helicopter |
National origin: | United States |
Manufacturer: | Bell Helicopter |
First flight: |
Bell 206A: 10 January 1966 OH-58D: 6 October 1983 OH-58F: 26 April 2013 |
Introduction: | May-69 |
Retired: | April 2016 (U.S. Army) |
Status: | In service |
Primary users: |
United States Army Republic of China Army Royal Saudi Land Forces Croatian Air Force |
Produced: | 1966–1989 |
Number built: | 2200 |
Unit cost: |
OH-58D: US$4.9 million (1990) OH-58D KW: US$6.7 million (1990) KW retrofit: US$1.3 million (1990) |
Developed from: | Bell 206 |
UH-1 Iroquois
General Chracteristics of UH-1 Iroquois are as Below:
Role: | Utility helicopter |
Manufacturer: | Bell Helicopter |
First flight: | 20 October 1956 (XH-40) |
Introduction: | 1959 |
Status: | In limited service |
Primary users: |
United States Army Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Australian Army |
Produced: | 1956–87 |
Number built: | >16,000 |
Variants: |
Bell UH-1N Twin Huey Bell 204/205 Bell 212 |
Developed into: |
Bell AH-1 Cobra Bell 214 |
UH-60 Black Hawk
General Chracteristics of UH-60 Black Hawk are as Below:
Role: | Utility helicopter |
Manufacturer: | Sikorsky Aircraft |
First flight: | 17-Oct-1974 |
Introduction: | 1979 |
Status: | In service |
Primary users: |
United States Army Japan Self Defense Forces Japan Self Defense Forces Turkish Armed Forces |
Produced: | 1974–present |
Number built: | About 4,000 |
Unit cost: | UH-60: US$21.3 million (avg. U.S. procurement, 2012) |
Developed from: | Sikorsky S-70 |
Variants: |
Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk Sikorsky HH-60 Jayhawk Mitsubishi H-60 |
UH-72 Lakota
General Chracteristics of UH-72 Lakota are as Below:
Role: | Light utility helicopter |
National origin: | Multinational |
Manufacturer: |
Eurocopter Airbus Helicopters |
Built by: |
American Eurocopter Airbus Helicopters, Inc. |
First flight: | 2006 |
Introduction: | 2007 |
Status: | In service |
Primary users: |
United States Army United States Navy |
Produced: | 2006–present |
Number built: | 349 |
Unit cost: | US$5.9 million (flyaway cost, FY2012) |
Developed from: | Eurocopter EC145 |
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