Description

The AH-64D ...Longbow Apache.. is a remanufactured and upgraded version of the AH -64A ...Apache.. attack helicopter. The primary modifications to the ... Apache .. are the addition of a ... Longbow .. millimeter-wave Fire Control Radar (FCR) target acquisition system, the fire-and-forget ...Longbow Hellfire.. air-to-ground missile, updated T700-GE -701C engines, and a fully-integrated cockpit. In addition, the aircraft receives improved survivability, communications, and navigation capabilities. Most existing capabilities of the AH -64A Apache are retained. Boeing delivered the first remanufactured Longbow Apache in March 1997. A total of 501 AH -64A Apaches are to be upgraded to the AH-64D configuration, 227 of which will be equipped with the FCR.