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Military Rotorcraft MILITARYAN ARMADA INTERNATIONAL ROTORCRAFT COMPENDIUM SUPPLEMENT 2 018 : THE TRUSTED SOURCE FOR DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS Meeting your operational needs is our mission IAI – your one-stop address for helicopter, upgrade and maintenance needs • Modular integrated upgrade packages tailored to day/night missions • Optimized integration of advanced mission equipment and sensors • Mission-driven displays and controls for enhanced air crew performance • Refurbished helicopters and comprehensive helicopter support www.iai.co.il • [email protected] INTEUROPEERVIEW ARMADA INTERNATIONAL MILITARY HELICOPTER INDUSTRY SURVEY Andrew Drwiega he military helicopter market has organisations include: AVX Aircraft and its had a robust couple of decades, compound helicopter with coaxial rotors particularly as a result of its use and dual ducted fans; Karem Aircraft with as a counter-insurgency vehicle of its optimum speed tiltrotor, the TR36TD; choice supporting ground troops and others including the well established Tin first Iraq, then Afghanistan and more Piaseki company with its long-worked X-49A recently in northern Africa. It enabled Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller (VTDP) coalition forces to move unhindered around compound helicopter programme, to newer the asymettric battlefield, avoiding roadside ideas such as the modular vertical take-off improvesed explosive devices (IEDs) and and landing (VTOL) Aerial Reconfigurable enabling rapid reaction and resupply to isolated Embedded System (ARES). patrols and outposts. But the success of the military rotorcraft All of the major prime manufacturers has also caught the imagination of non- made good business developing and selling traditional players who are keen to break dedicated attack helicopters, heavy lift, into the manned rotorcraft market, such as medium lift, utility, as well as numerous naval relatively new but fast growning Chinese varients. But designing and selling dedicated company Avicopter, Korean Aerospace military helicopters is an expensive business Industries and Turkish Aerospace Industries. Chris Van Buiten, vice president, Sikorsky which is why a couple of current trends Innovations, Sikorsky/Lockheed Martin have developed: either keep developing new I THE SURVEY iterations existing helicopters as Boeing has Armada International wanted to discover aircraft need to be able to accommodate done with its AH-64 Apache and CH-47 industry’s perspective on the future of greater payloads and be produced at a lower Chinook, or develop a modern version of manned and unmanned military rotorcraft, cost while at the same time shrinking their an older aircraft in the way Leonardo has and a survey of several questions was sent logistical footprint. done with the AW159 Wilcat replacing the out to each prime with more that one type Chris Van Buiten (CVB): At Sikorsky we Lynx/Super Lynx 300 and SikorskyLockheed of military helicopter. Not all answered, but have selected three technology pillars that we Martin has done with the CH-53K, taken the four that did represented companies with think define the future of rotorcraft. These from the legacy CH-53A/D/G. a long pedegree in helicopter design and are: speed, autonomy, and intelligence. Our A more recent development has been development: Bell, Boeing, Leonardo and Speed Pillar is focused on maturing our X2 the dual use civil/military helicopters that Sikorsky. rigid coaxial helicopter technology which have been brought to the market by Airbus The questionnarre required answers enables us to double the speed of helicopters, (H135M, H145M/UH-72A) and Leonardo from a senior named figure within the improve cruise efficiency, reduce noise and (AW109LUH, AW139/149/169). Bell did orgnaisation who had a direct connection significantly improve manoeuvrability. Our this before with the Bell 407 and of course with the development of their company’s Autonomy Pillar is focused on improving Russian Helicopters with its dual Mi-8/17. military products and assessment of future the safety and productivity of our helicopters Tiltrotors entered the market, and after ambitions. Respondents did not have to by leveraging autonomy technology. Our a difficult start have become aircraft that answer all questions. approach will enable our products to be are invaluable to the United States Marine ‘optimally piloted’ with two pilots, one Corps (USMC). Moreover, prime Bell is now Andrew Drwiega (AD): What are the main pilot or zero pilots; depending on mission taking a newer generational aircraft through factors driving military helicopter design requirements. Our Intelligence Pillar is the US Army’s Joint Multirole Technology today? focused on maturing the monitoring and Demonstration with the ambition of Steve Mathias (SM): After nearly two analytics technology to understand the becoming a key piller of the Future Vertical decades of conflict, I think US military health of the aircraft fleets we support. This Lift requirement from the 2030s onwards. leaders see a need to re-examine the combat pillar is driving improvements in availability Bell is also staking an early claim into the helicopter from ‘soup to nuts’. Future vertical and reducing operating costs. We are burgeoning unmanned military rotorcraft lift aircraft need to fly faster and further while integrating all of these technology areas in market with its V-247 Vigilant tiltrotor UAV. maintaining excellent manoeuvrability over our next generation of products including Moreover, outside of the prime their targets. The attack helicopters today are those focused on US Depeartment of Defense manufacturers there are still spirited technologically advanced versions of what (DoD) Future Vertical Lift (FVL). rotorcraft developers with many ideas but was invented by Bell in the 1960s. They are John Schibler (JS): At Boeing, we design lacking the budget and manufacturing very capable and effective, but still similar military helicopters based upon customer facilities to bring them to market. Such in speed and range. These next generation requirements. Typical design requirements 2018 Military Rotorcraft Compendium 03 INTERVIEW Turkish Utility Helicopter program. We are also developing products using our Collier Boeing Award Winning X2 Technology: the S-97 RAIDER and the SB>1 Defiant. Our current portfolio is a nice mix of new developments as well as product upgrades. Some of the specific technologies we are leveraging include advanced composite structures, fly- Boeing AH-6i Little Bird. by-wire controls, active vibration control and advanced diagnostics. for the aircraft. With the versatility of a helicopter and the speed and range of a turbo prop the performance of the Osprey makes it uniquely capable of performing missions that other aircraft cannot. Roberto Garavaglia (RG): It’s all about capability and affordability. Leonardo has Andrew Drwiega both specialised military helicopters and Roberto Garavaglia, senior vice president, Competitive Analysis & Strategy, Leonardo dual use platforms in its product range. The specialised platforms, such as the AW101 centre upon speed, range, payload, high/hot and AW159, have been developed to meet capabilities, endurance, and survivability very demanding and specific military of the aircraft and the crew members. requirements that require sophisticated fully Bell Helicopter AH-1Z, Afghanistan. This means redundancy for key systems. integrated mission systems such as radars, Design requirements for different military weapon systems, defensive aids etc, which SM: Bell has always been on the leading edge helicopters are based upon the mission sets of course drive up the cost. Other specific of technology and innovation. Examples each aircraft is required to perform. For military requirements, such as ballistic include P59 which was the first US jet fighter, example, design requirements for a light tolerance and electromagnetic protection, and X-1, which was the first supersonic attack/reconnaissance scout, such as the also have an impact on cost. For a variety aircraft, as well as the V-22, which is the first AH-6 Little Bird, is significantly different of utility and tactical roles Leonardo’s dual and only production tiltrotor. Additionally, from those of a multi-role attack helicopter use products, such as the AW139M, offer Bell aircraft have been continually upgraded like the AH-64E Apache. The mission of the customers a platform that can provide to remain relevant in the commercial space scout is to perform reconnaissance, gather virtually all the capability of a competing as well as the military battlespace. The AH- intelligence, and report it back to operations specialised platform but with lower 1Z and UH-1Y aircraft, while 85 percent centres and in this role, the scout helicopter’s acquisition and through life costs. common, are the latest generation in attack direct engagement with the enemy has aircraft responding to a requirement from limitations which lead to design of a smaller, the United States Marine Corps for combat agile aircraft, with limited firepower. For the aircraft. multirole attack helicopter, which engages Bell continues to lead the vertical lift Leonardo directly and decisively with the enemy, the industry with the revolutionary V-280 Valor. design includes greater protection for the The V-280 is a next-generation tiltrotor that crew; increased durability of the airframe is designed to provide unmatched agility, to withstand direct hits; and designed speed, range and payload capabilities at an broad spectrum functionality of the aircraft
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