AH-64E Transmission Concerns Noted In Annual GAO Weapons Assessment

By Jen Judson / March 29, 2013 at 10:31 PM
Program officials for the Army's AH-64E Guardian Apache helicopter are working to address operator concerns with the aircraft's new transmission design, but a new design might be needed, the Government Accountability Office states in a new report on selected weapon acquisition programs. The March 28 report does not get into specifics on what these concerns with the new transmission design are and the Army did not respond to a reporter's query on the issue by press time (March 29). Additionally,...

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