Foto: EADS
Following a Voluntary Flight Demonstration (VFD) for the U.S. Army in late
September and early October, EADS North America took its AAS-72X+ on a
cross-country tour through mid-October, ending up at the AUSA exposition this
week in Washington, D.C. The AAS-72X+, a derivative of the UH-72A Lakota, is one
of the suitors for the Army’s potential Armed Aerial Scout (AAS)
competition.The Army will decide after conducting VFDs with a number of manufacturers whether to proceed with the formal AAS competition. Other entrants include the AgustaWestland AW139M, Bell OH-58F, Boeing AH-6, MD Helicopters 540F and Sikorsky S-97 Raider. EADS officials invited Army pilots from AAS centers at Fort Riley in Kansas, Fort Hood in Texas, Fort Campbell in Kentucky and Fort Bragg in North Carolina to fly the AAS-72X+ from Oct. 9 to Oct. 19. The tour followed the VFD, which for EADS took place in the mountains of Colorado near Alamosa in order to showcase the AAS-72X+ in hot and high conditions.
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