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The The Improved Cargo Helicopter (ICH) is a remanufactured version of the CH-47D Chinook cargo helicopter with the new T55-GA-714A engines. The ICH program is intended to restore CH-47D airframes to their original condition and extend the aircraft's life expectancy another 20 years (total life of 60 years) until the 2025-2030 timeframe. The program will remanufacture CH-47 aircraft, reduce the aircraft's vibration, thereby reducing Operations and Support costs, and allow the aircraft to operate on the digitized battlefield by incorporating a 1553 data bus. The ICH will ... acquire the capability to carry 16,000 pounds of external/internal cargo for a 50 NM combat radius at 4000 feet pressure altitude and 95 degrees fahrenheit. In addition, the following improvements will be incorporated into the aircraft:
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The Improved Cargo Helicopter (ICH) will provide continued support, coverage, and sustainment for Maneuver, Fire Support, Air Defense, and Mobility and Survivability mission areas. The primary mission of the ICH is transportation of ground forces, class III and V supplies, and battle critical cargo in support of all future contingencies. The geographical mission area for the ICH is worldwide, anywhere aviation or ground operations are being conducted by U.S. Forces. Through its speed and agility, the ICH will meet time sensitive transport requirements for urgently needed armed forces, equipment, and supplies, that are not otherwise rapidly available from ground transportation systems. Missions will be conducted during day and night, adverse weather, and extreme environments across the range of operations from support of friendly host nations, primary regional conflicts, and high intensity battle.
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The CH-47 Chinook Helicopter is a twin-engine, tandem rotor helicopter designed for transportation of cargo, troops, and weapons during day, night, visual, and instrument conditions. The aircraft fuselage is approximately 50 feet long. With a 60-foot rotor span, on each rotor system, the effective length of a CH-47 (with blades turning) is approximately 100 feet from the most forward point of the forward rotor to the most rearward point on the aft rotor.
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The CH-47 Chinook is the Army’s only medium-lift cargo helicopter, and the “F” model has been designated as a Future Force System. It is a twin turbine engine, tandem-rotor transport helicopter capable of carrying as many as 33 Soldiers in full battle gear. It is used primarily to transport ground forces, weapons, ammunition, equipment, and other cargo in general support of worldwide combat and contingency operations.
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Cargo and utility helicopter program managers asked the Army’s aviation technology directorate at Fort Eustis to put brownout landing cues in the analog cockpits of the Chinook and Black Hawk. In August 2003, the Army ... asked Rockwell Collins to adapt the horizontal situation indicator that the company installed in the Army’s more sophisticated special operations aircraft in conventional Chinooks and Black Hawks.
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The CH-47 is a twin-engine, tandem rotor helicopter designed for transportation of cargo, troops, and weapons during day, night, visual, and instrument conditions. The aircraft fuselage is approximately 50 feet long. With a 60-foot rotor span, on each rotor system, the effective length of a CH-47 (with blades turning) is approximately 100 feet from the most forward point of the forward rotor to the most rearward point on the aft rotor. Maximum airspeed is 170 knots with a normal cruise speed of 150 knots. However, speed for any mission will vary greatly depending on load configuration (internal or external), time of day, or weather conditions. The minimum crew for tactical operations is four, two pilots, one flight engineer, and one crew chief. For more complex missions, such as NVG operations and air assaults, commanders may consider using five crew members and add one additional crew chief.
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