US Army's New Attack Helicopter

What kind of futuristic helicopter is the US military about to unleash against enemy combatants? Check out today's new military video where we take a close look at the FARA program to see the militaries requirements for a new attack helicopter to patrol the enemy skies. You won't believe this advanced killing machine!

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[danielsterling]

Ever notice how happy the narrator is whenever he's talking about military stuff.

[EverythingScience]

What do you call a soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray?


A seasoned veteran.

[wiyao]

When are we getting the infographics show narrator face reveal

[red]

Gta online: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN!

[Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

Maybe I need one of these to attack the campers and hikers who litter everywhere in my forest

[javierantoniofarias]

Infographics: talks about radar absorbing materials

Kim Jung Un: Write that down! Cover helicopter in honey!

[notclickbait]

Inforgraphics show post this*

US military: Eliminate him

[nerowolf]

No, the new helicopter is one that special forces uses that doesn’t make any sound.

“Things the government wont make public”

[dootless]

The Apache is still effective during combat. More modern variants of the Apache are still incredibly deadly. The new FARA platform should be a scout helicopter.

[ronnknnock]

Hey Infographics Show, you should make a video about U.S. Army's Advanced Aerial Fire Support System participant the Lockheed AH-56A Cheyenne.
The video should be not only about what the craft could due, but done with scenario of what it would have been like to be for the two man crew if they were deployed with the Cheyenne to Vietnam conducting recon, attack and troop support among other possible roles.
It would be interesting if the crew responded to a panicky from request from a commander to come to the area that of a situation that only be briefly described as a fight with unknown combatants to get a visual and photo identification of the combatants or what the boys on the ground call "Rock Apes" and possibly to drive them off by flying low and close to or strafing next to them with gun fire in a attempt to turn their attention away from the troops and scare them away. Even recon missions on the Rock Ape troops.

[fgtrhwu]

This made me remember an old show talking about the Comanche helicopter, how it was supposed to be the next big thing although it was eventually cancelled.

[MrClockDoesStuff]

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[Garrett_Jones]

All military fans: *clicks on this as soon as it uploads*

[matthewnguyen]

Military nerds remembering the Ah-56 Cheyenne...

[aronjackson]

America when it comes to making new stuff for war-“the show must go on!”

[RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts]

Fun fact, they already made this helicopter in the 60s. Look up AH-56 Cheyenne. Same design and went 245mph

[CraterRaiderZ]

You just explained to me why it is that our planes can’t just be upgraded so quickly and I’m glad I learned this. Hopefully at the rate the technology is going, we can make that a possibility. Pipe dream but I’d love to see a new modenized BlackBird in the coming future

[gcb]

The vocals that they give the animated characters is hilarious!

[andrewszigeti]

I'm quite surprised the coax/pusher configuration has not gotten any large scale use before.

The coax configuration has the benefit of greater lift for the same power, and with counter-rotating main rotors you avoid 'retreating rotor stall' at high speeds, where the rotor blade traveling to the rear of the chopper loses lift because it's effectively standing still and causes severe asymmetrical lift. With a coax design, one rotor blade might be in a zero-lift condition but it's counterpart on the counter-rotating hub will be lifting in it's place and keeping the overall lift symmetrical.

The extra kick from the pusher-prop can then push the chopper faster with no worries about loss of flight control due to asymmetric lift.

[kentyannayon]

I have a feeling the Bell Invictus is the more likely frontrunner, though I could see a two airframe solution, but coaxial designs are already difficult to maintain. They have advantages, but for a service that's always looking at their budget and has cancelled a number of projects on budgetary concern, I think they're going to go with a cheaper, more maintainable option