GAO warns of Longbow weight, radio problems
The General Accounting Office said the U.S. Army's Apache Longbow helicopter program does not meet two major requirements. First, it said in a new report, the helicopter will be too heavy to meet the vertical rate of climb (VROC) requirement of 450 feet per minute in combat with a full fuel load and...
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