Apache Longbow
Mission
Conducts
rear, close, and shaping missions including deep precision strike.
Conducts distributed operations, precision strikes against relocatable
targets, and provides armed reconnaissance when required in day,
night, obscured battlefield and adverse weather conditions.
Entered
Army Service
AH-64
(1984); AH-64D (1998)
Description
and Specifications
The AH-64 Apache
is The Army's heavy division/corps attack helicopter. The AH-64D
Longbow remanufacture effort incorporates a millimeter wave fire
control radar (FCR), radar frequency interferometer (RFI), fire-and-forget
radar-guided HELLFIRE missile and cockpit management and digitization
enhancements. The combination of the FCR, RFI, and the advanced
navigation and avionics suite of the aircraft provide increased
situational awareness, lethality and survivability.
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Combat
mission speed: |
167 mph |
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Combat
range: |
300 miles |
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Combat
endurance: |
2.5 hours |
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Length: |
49 ft 5
in |
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Mission
weight: |
16,600
lbs |
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Armament: |
HELLFIRE
missiles, 2.75" rockets and 30mm chain gun |
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Crew: |
2 (pilot
and co-pilot gunner) |
Manufacturer
Airframe
- Boeing (Mesa, AZ); Fire Control Radar - Northrup Grunmen (Linthicum,
MD); Lockheed Martin (Owego, NY); MTADS/PNVS - Lockheed Martin (Orlando,
FL); Boeing (Mesa, AZ)
Point
of Contact
Office
of the Chief of Public Affairs
Media Relations Division
1500 Army Pentagon
Washington, DC 20310-1500
703.697.7592 / 7591
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