{"id":44184,"date":"2020-07-24T20:23:04","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T20:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/07\/24\/army-plans-for-airborne-long-range-missile-fly-offs-for-future-helicopters\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:37:24","slug":"army-plans-for-airborne-long-range-missile-fly-offs-for-future-helicopters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2020\/07\/24\/army-plans-for-airborne-long-range-missile-fly-offs-for-future-helicopters\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army plans long-range missile fly-offs for future helicopters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army plans to conduct a few fly-offs to test <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2019\/10\/15\/us-army-solidifying-plan-for-long-range-precision-munitions-for-future-vertical-lift\/\" target=_blank>possible long-range precision munitions for its fleet of future helicopters<\/a>, according to the chief of operations in charge of the service\u2019s Future Vertical Lift modernization efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Army has picked Israeli company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2020\/01\/09\/army-to-field-israeli-made-long-range-missile-on-helicopters\/\" target=_blank>Rafael\u2019s Spike Non-Line-of-Sight missile as an interim solution<\/a> to deliver long-range lethality from its current and future helicopter fleets, it is also in the market for other options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Army has not committed yet to a form factor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/aaaa\/2018\/04\/30\/army-extending-range-of-airborne-munitions\/\" target=_blank>long-range precision munitions<\/a>. If it\u2019s Spike, or something else, we have time to work with that. We have time to do one fly-off or more\u201d over the next few years to inform requirements, Col. Matthew Isaacson told reporters during a July 24 briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service is molding a future fleet for the early 2030s, acquiring two manned helicopters, a tactical unmanned aircraft system, air-launched effects, and long-range precision munitions that will be networked together on the battlefield using a common digital, modular, open-system architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army extensively demonstrated Spike on both foreign and American AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, which led to the decision to buy some to tie the service over until it can assess other capabilities and better refine requirements before developing a permanent solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/dsei\/2019\/08\/27\/can-an-israeli-missile-give-us-army-aviation-an-advantage-in-future-warfare\/\" target=_blank>service fired the Spike NLOS missile from AH-64s<\/a> in Israel and at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, last year. Defense News was present for one of six multidomain operations-relevant shots fired from an \u201cE\u201d model Apache at Yuma in August 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Isaacson says there are a number of vendors with capabilities that could meet the future need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army will need to finalize a preliminary design review across the board for assets within its future fleet in the 2023 time frame, so Isaacson said the Army has roughly three years to work with industry to settle on a capability and ensure it is interoperable with platforms \u201cthat are still somewhat on the drawing table,\u201d something he said will be challenging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are looking at getting outside of the range of our pacing threats,\u201d he said. The Army is \u201cpleased\u201d with Spike\u2019s beyond 30-kilometer range, he added, \u201cso any competitor in any future fly-off will have to demonstrate that they can do very similar and get at a long range in a timely manner after our pacing threats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Isaacson indicated the Army will likely work through cooperative research and development agreements among other means to demonstrate long-range precision munition capabilities at small venues. 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