The U.S. Army's Light Helicopter Family (LHX) program which is currently in concept formation is discussed. The activities associated with concept formation including governing regulations, how the process is executed, the scope of the effort involved and innovations included for LHX are discussed. The evolution of the requirements is emphasized and the focus is on how the operational requirements drive the engineering requirements and ultimately the design of the aircraft. Operational requirements are driven by the LHX concept, namely, a family of Scout/Attack (LHX/SCAT) and Utility (LHX-U) aircraft with common dynamic components, core mission equipment and common subsystems. The impacts of the unique LHX-SCAT aircraft on the design of and commonality with the LHX-U are discussed. The operational requirements are categorized into those associated with the Army 21 concept of the future battlefield, the threat, safety and reliability, and availability and maintainability. Each category results in several specific design impacts.
Influence of Operational Requirements on LHX (Light Helicopter Family) Concept Formulation
1987
8 pages
Report
No indication
English
Operational concept of integrated helicopter avionics system
Engineering Index Backfile | 1965
|Future Operational Requirements: Support Helicopter - A Growth Industry?
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1993
|