Apache Block III Helicopter Performs Well In Tests | Army & Land Forces News at DefenceTalk

The U.S. Army's AH-64 Apache Block III
next-generation attack helicopter is
finishing up its Initial Operational Test and
Evaluation at Fort Irwin, Calif., and should
be ready to deploy with Soldiers sometime
next year, officials said April 2 at the Army
Aviation Association of America's 2012
Professional Forum and Exposition.
The nitial Operational Test and Evaluation,
known as IOT&E, is a series of combat-like
assessments and evaluations placing the aircraft
in operationally relevant scenarios as a way to
prepare the platform for full-rate production,
said Col. Shane Openshaw, project manager,
Apache Attack Helicopters.

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