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2006-09-29 News Release

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First production of H-1 aircraft upgrade program

Bell Helicopter H-1 upgrade program, delivers first production aircraft, AH-1Z attack helicopter and UH-1Y utility helicopter, to the United States Department of Defense.

The H-1 aircraft upgrade program calls for a total of 280 upgraded attack helicopters and utility helicopters to be delivered to the United States Marine Corps, providing much-needed modernization for the Corps' aging fleet.

Among the many dignitaries attending the ceremony was Dr. Delores Etter, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, who said, "Today's rollout marks another milestone for this program as we begin to arm our service personnel with sorely needed modern equipment that will substantially increase their combat effectiveness."

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Michael Redenbaugh, CEO of Bell stated, "Bell Helicopter is pleased to be able to provide critical resources to our warfighters that will provide enhanced capabilities while reducing operational costs in the field."

The AH-1Z has excellent anti-armor capability and is the most capable and flexible multi-mission attack helicopter in the world. Click Go for larger image. photo: Textrn/Bell Helicopter

Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, is an industry-leading producer of commercial and military, manned and unmanned vertical lift aircraft and the pioneer of the revolutionary tilt rotor aircraft.

The AH-1Z aircraft has one of the most advanced countermeasure suites ever fielded on an attack helicopter, including the AVR-2A Laser Warning Receiver, APR-39A(v) 2 Radar Warning Receiver, ALE-47 “Smart” Countermeasures Dispenser, and AAR-47 Missile Warning Device.

The AH-1Z incorporates the latest airframe technologies, such as energy attenuating crashworthy seats, energy-absorbing landing gear, self sealing fuel tanks and fuel systems, fuel vapor inerting systems, mass retention designs to ensure major components stay where they should in the event of a crash, and many other advanced features.

The rollout of these first two production helicopters marks the beginning of several years of equipping both test and evaluation and operational squadrons with H-1 aircraft.

The H-1 aircraft program creates a completely modernized attack and utility helicopter that have considerable design commonality to reduce operating costs. The AH-1Z and UH-1Y share common tail boom, engines, rotor system, drive train, avionics architecture, software, controls and displays for over 84 percent identical components. This should drive down maintenance while improving reliability for a cost savings of over $3B over the 30 year program.

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