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Helikopter - NATO kikker på nytt helikopter - Defence News
Dersom vekten det refereres til under er payload, så snakker vi om et stort helikopter, større enn AW101. Det blir i så fall en stor utfordring for europeiske NATO land mens USA har erfaring med bygging av store maskiner som Sikorsky S-53K og Boeing CH-47. Jeg får allikevel ikke dette til å rime med Special Ops og evt. CSAR. Her tror jeg amerikanerne er fokusert på Sikorsky HH-3E, Jolly Green Giant som var en CSAR maskin spesielt kjent fra Vietnam krigen. Men, en slik maskin bør helst ha en lav radarsignatur. Uansett, en stor utfordring dette. (Red.)
NATO helicopter program could be next battleground
between US, European defense industries
STUTTGART,
Germany — A NATO-led effort to field a new multirole helicopter by 2035 is
setting the stage for a competition between U.S.- and European-based rotorcraft
industries.
Multiple allies want to add a new medium-lift,
multirole helicopter to their fleets, and are launching a joint effort to
develop a common set of requirements as well as hash out a timeline to design,
develop and field a new platform around 2035.
Over the next year, observers will monitor whether the
allies that eventually sign onto the program will push for a European-developed
rotorcraft — or buy American.
While the effort is still in the drawing-board phase,
the alliance will host an industry day for the NGRC program in mid-September, at
the NATO Support and Procurement Agency headquarters in Luxembourg. Per the
industry day documents, the event is intended solely as a means to gather
information, rather than solicit bids, but the agency has already outlined
several required attributes.
The team imagines the NGRC as an optionally unmanned and remotely piloted
vehicle, with a modular, open-systems approach, which allows for seamless and
cost-efficient digital upgrades.
The aircraft must have an unrefueled range of more
than 1,650 kilometers, with a target of eight hours endurance and the ability
to achieve various missions, including deck landings, special operations,
search-and-rescue, and medical evacuation. The helicopter should be capable of
carrying between 10,000 and 17,000 kilograms (22,000 and 37,400 pounds,
respectively).
The goal is also to develop a common airframe for both
land, air and maritime variants, although the agency allows for the possibility
of separate platforms if a common airframe proves too contentious.
While NATO said development costs will be released at
a later date, the industry day documents noted an ideal fly-away cost of no
greater than €35 million (U.S. $43 million) and a cost-per-flight-hour of about
€5,000, but no greater than €10,000.
The extent of NATO members participating in the
program remains to be seen. Besides the five nations who have already signed a
letter of intent to participate in late 2020, the Netherlands and Spain have
also expressed interest in joining the NGRC program, a NATO official told
Defense News.
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