Army working to improve manufacturing process for AH-64E generators

By Dan Schere / October 11, 2023 at 4:49 PM
The Army has been identifying areas where improvement is needed for the manufacturing process and quality of the AH-64E Apache attack helicopter's generators, which have experienced failures in the past year. The Defense Department’s Selected Acquisition Reports of both the AH-64E remanufacture and AH-64E new build, noted that as of December 2022 the aircraft had “experienced an increase in the instance of electrical power generator failures resulting in potentially hazardous flight conditions and precautionary landings.” “As a result, the [program...

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