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Light Helicopter Experimental
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RAH-66 Comanche

Light Helicopter Experimental (LHX) program was a 1980s United States Army helicopter procurement project to replace the AH-1 Cobra and OH-58 helicopters.

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Advanced Composite Airframe Program

In support of the LHX program the United States Army started the Advanced Composite Airframe Program (ACAP) to develop an all-composite helicopter fuselage.[1] In February 1981 contracts were awarded to Sikorsky (for the Sikorsky S-75) and Bell Helicopter (for the Bell D-292).

LHX

In 1982 the U.S. Army started the Light Helicopter Experimental (LHX) program to replace UH-1, AH-1, OH-6, and OH-58 helicopters. This requirement was changed to a reconnaissance helicopter by 1988.[2]

A Request for proposals for the new helicopter type was released in June 1988. In October 1988, the Boeing-Sikorsky and Bell-McDonnell Douglas teams received contracts for their designs.[3] The program's name was changed to Light Helicopter (LH) in 1990.[4] In April 1991, the Boeing-Sikorsky team was selected as the contest winner and received a contract to build four prototypes.[5] Also that month the helicopter was designated "RAH-66 Comanche" by the Army.[5]

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References

  1. ^ Historic US Army Helicopters. US Army
  2. ^ Frawley, Gerard. The International Directory of Military Aircraft, p. 50. Aerospace Publications Pty Ltd, 2002. ISBN 1-875671-55-2.
  3. ^ Harding, Stephen. "Boeing-Sikorsky H-66 Comanche". U.S. Army Aircraft Since 1947. Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1997.
  4. ^ Jackson, Paul, ed. "Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche". Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 2006-2007. Jane's Information Group, 2006. ISBN 0710627459. (subsciption article)
  5. ^ a b Eden, Paul, ed. "Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche". Encyclopedia of Modern Military Aircraft. Amber Books, 2004. ISBN 1904687849.







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