![]() ![]() What should be expected from the attack rotorcraft of the future? The Future is FARA ![]() During the Cold War, helicopters armed to attack then Soviet tank formations that would have been coming over the forward line of defence (FLOP) were thought to have a one-way mission, such were the low expectations for their survival. The success of manned attack helicopters dominating the battlefield during the asymmetric wars in Iraq and Afghanistan may have been the high point in this type of warfare. Boeing’s stalwart AH-64 Apache will further future proof with the E model, Version 6 upgrade.ĭespite the plethora of unmanned aerial vehicles muscling their way onto the aerial stage, and the changing expectation that warfare will be more ‘peer-to-peer’ next time, manned attack helicopters look set to remain for the next few decades, although they will be increasingly absorbed into the battlefield network ‘of things’, and are increasingly standing-off targets so that their manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) buddies can press home the attack in high threat areas. ![]()
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