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.
Combat
mission speed:
167 mph
Combat
range:
300 miles
Combat
endurance:
2.5 hours
Length:
49 ft 5 in
Mission
weight:
16,600 lbs
Armament:
HELLFIRE
missiles, 2.75" rockets and 30mm chain gun
Crew:
2 (pilot and
co-pilot gunner)
Manufacturer Airframe
- Boeing (Mesa, AZ); Fire Control Radar - Northrup Grummen (Linthicum,
MD); Lockheed Martin (Owego, NY); MTADS/PNVS - Lockheed Martin (Orlando,
FL); Boeing (Mesa, AZ)
