{"id":19662,"date":"2018-04-27T00:41:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T00:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/27\/armys-ah-64e-operational-test-delayed-by-a-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:51:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:51:23","slug":"armys-ah-64e-operational-test-delayed-by-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/04\/27\/armys-ah-64e-operational-test-delayed-by-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army\u2019s AH-64E operational test gets delayed by a year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2014 The U.S. Army has decided to delay its capstone full operational test and evaluation for the newest variant of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2017\/10\/09\/armys-helicopter-drone-teams-to-get-capability-boost-in-2019\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Apache attack helicopter<\/a> by a year, the service\u2019s program manager for aircraft told an audience April 26 at the Army Aviation Association of America\u2019s annual summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A year ago, \u201cwe were talking about the [full operational test and evaluation] FOT&amp;E occurring about right now,\u201d Col. Tal Sheppard said. \u201cIt is not happening right now. We have delayed FOT&amp;E for a year into the spring of 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army first fielded the AH-64 Echo model to units in 2013 and is now fielding the eighth unit equipped at Fort Riley, Kansas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/aaaa\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to find out more about what\u2019s next for U.S. Army aviation from the 2018 AAAA conference.<\/a><\/b><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reason the service decided to delay the operational test is because \u201cwe weren\u2019t ready yet,\u201d Sheppard said. \u201cA year is going to get us ready, it\u2019s going to help us mature technology.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the Army will now be able to run both the Echo model operational test simultaneously with the operational test of the Hellfire missile\u2019s replacement \u2014 the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile. JAGM is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2018\/02\/23\/problems-with-armys-future-air-to-ground-missile-fixed-ahead-of-production-decision\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">headed toward a production decision next month.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the benefit of that is \u201cwe will minimize touches to [Forces Command] units for an operational test, and we save on some resources as well,\u201d Sheppard said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked if the delay had anything to do with the recently surfaced issue related to the Army not accepting Apaches from Boeing due to an issue with the current strap pack nut, Sheppard said the decision to delay was not connected.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a 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the rotor blades in place, was causing concern during inspections.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense News first broke the news that the Army had stopped taking deliveries of AH-64Es from Boeing due to a lack of confidence in the durability of the strap pack nut, particularly its performance in severe, coastal environments where the service saw corrosion due to climate and stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boeing is expected to have a redesigned nut ready to replace the old nut by the summer, and the Army will quickly work to replace the nut in all E models and D models that are fielded with the Army, the National Guard and international customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI will say it was more high risk than it needed to be to have a successful [operational test],\u201d Sheppard said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was mostly due to discovering in pretest 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