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Zeta series Military Helicopter FC4M Context:
[001]~ Videokamera
[002]~ Extra fuel
[003]~ Sand Storm
[004]~ Cold & Snow Storm
[005]~ Navy platforms
[006]~ Unmanned Submarine Platform & FB4M
[007]~ Anti-ship systems
[008]~ Iraq
[009]~ Future Combat System (FCS)































































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[001] FC4M Context ~ Military Helicopter: ~ Videokamera
Videokamera
~ FC helicopter has three (3) videocameras
~ one in front, tilts and rotates
~ one shooting downwards
~ one shooting forwards

News from Iraq:
~ The information streaming in real time on their and other video screens were of Iraqi forces
~ and equipment that when destroyed by American forces would not come back to life
~ What was found during those reconnaissance missions was used to modify the war plan
~ The aircraft immediately sent back video "of high pay-off targets."
~ Some of those targets included Iraqi missiles and long range artillery
~ As the war progressed the chain of control was reduced so that those flying the UAV missions
~ could directly talk with Air Force pilots and lead them to a specific target
~ The young soldiers, initially trained at Fort Huachuca, also guided Army helicopter gunships to targets
~ Because the mission over Baghdad was important and to keep the wings from icing up
~ - the Hunters have no de-icing capability while in flight - the aircraft was forced to fly below 5,000 feet
~ Some of the Shadow missions flew over ground convoys.
~ The convoy protection missions usually were for smaller groups - those of three or four vehicles
~ UAVs help spot troublemakers
~ In real-time video, the U.S. forces watched what the Iraqis were doing
~ and air assets were called in for an attack if required


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[002] FC4M Context ~ Military Helicopter: ~ Extra fuel
Extra fuel
~ FS sensors embedded in FC can be replaced with extra fuel
~ FC can also refuel at FB base
~ FB base on the other hand make it unnecessary to put extra fuel to FC


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[003] FC4M Context ~ Military Helicopter: ~ Sand & Sand Storm
Sand & Sand Storm
~ FC gets warning about sand storm from FB base
~ FC can also use it's own sensors
~ If FB base is too far FC finds cover using it's digital map

News from Iraq:
~ Pilots benefit from electronic assists, including GPS satellite guidance, for staying on course.
~ However, Iraq's frequent dust storms penetrate sensitive parts, resulting in more maintenance headaches.



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[004] FC4M Context ~ Military Helicopter: ~ Cold & Snow Storm
Cold & Snow Storm
~ FC gets alarm from coming snow strom from FB
~ FC mcan also use it's own sensors
~ FC finds cover using it's digital map or with assistant from base station






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[005] FC4M Context ~ Military Helicopter: ~ Navy Platforms
Navy Platforms
~ Carrier: carrier can send a fighter loaded with smart pod which embeds freedom helicopter
~ Fighter: fighter drops freedom helicopter embedded in smart pod above target area
~ Submarines: submarines may fire freedom helicopter as a torpedo
~ The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS): FC helicopter for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
~ The 2006 Budget supports the LCS and associated weapons systems by providing $613 million for acquisition, which is an increase of $156 million from 2005.

Links:
~ Unmanned Undersea Vehicles



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[006] FC4M Context ~ Military Helicopter: ~ Unmanned Submarine Platform & FB4M
Unmanned Submarine Platform & FB4M
~ FC can be rapidly deplyed from unmanned submarines
~ Data supplied by FC can be used by navy to send fighters and shoot missiles

Links:
~ halfdome.arc.nasa.gov





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[007] FC4M Context Military Helicopter: ~ Anti-ship systems
Anti-ship systems
~ FC can be a part of anti-ship systems

Links & News:
1) Technical college in Taiwan !

2) Taiwan to mass-produce anti-ship missile
~ The Republic of China (Taiwan) is preparing to mass-produce the Hsiung Feng III (HF 3)
~ (Bravewind) supersonic anti-ship missile in 2006,
~ with its formal unveiling due during next year's Han Kuang-22 (Han Glory) annual military exercises.
~ [Jane's Defence Weekly - first posted to http://jdw.janes.com – 15 April 2005]

3) Taiwan is preparing to mass-produce the Hsiung Feng 3 (Brave Wind) anti-ship missile in 2006
~ it plans to unveil it during the 2006 Han Kuang-22 (Han Glory) annual military exercises.
~ The supersonic missile reportedly has a range of 300 km and a speed of Mach 2.5,
~ which brings Mainland China within reach from the island.
~ The Taiwan Strait separates Taiwan and China by a distance of 220 km at its widest point and 130 km at its narrowest.
~ Defense sources said that Taiwan would be able to target Chinese naval bases at Shantou, Xiamen, Sandu and Xiazhen.
~ Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense announced that an HF-3 budget has been allocated to produce 120 missiles the first year.
~ Designed by the military-run Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST),
~ the HF-3 underwent several successful test launches in 2004 at the Jiupeng Missile Range in southeast Taiwan's Pingtung County.
~ The tests included flight control, supersonic and low-altitude flight.


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[008] FC4M Context ~ Military Helicopter: ~ Iraq
Iraq

Freedom helicopter has been designed to operate in Iraq.

News from Iraq:
~ Some pilots have had first flew combat missions in Vietnam, before most of the soldiers in the current Army were born.
~ They and others their age are in Iraq with the National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division.
~ According to some of them the Vietcong and North Vietnamese were a tougher, more tenacious enemy.
~ Instead of setting off bombs outside the base, they'd be inside.
~ For some "there was a lot more action in Vietnam than there is in Iraq".
~ But the danger in Iraq is higher for those who are shot down but survive.
~ "There's no such thing as a POW," said one veteran, referring to the terrorists' penchant for executing Westerners
~ The enemy in Iraq has "absolutely no value" for life, said guy, who flew Huey helicopters in Vietnam from June 1968 to June 1969.
~ Most of the pilots learned their craft in the Huey, the iconic helicopter of the Vietnam War.
~ They now fly its successor, the UH-60 Black Hawk
~ The Black Hawk, although much larger, is designed for similar missions,
~ including transporting ground troops and providing medevac missions for wounded troops.
~ Its design was based on lessons learned in Vietnam
~ The two-engine Black Hawk is less prone to crashes than the old Hueys,
~ and if it does go down it better protects passengers and crew.
~ Flight planning is more thorough and time-consuming now.
~ In Vietnam, helicopters were still relatively new to war.
~ Flight procedures were less formal.
~ A pilot would look at the assignment board in the morning and plan his mission almost on his own.
~ Now, it takes a team, and the Black Hawks always travel in pairs for safety.
~ Veterans especially welcome technology such as the Internet.
~ In Vietnam, pen on paper through the U.S. mail was their main link to home.
~ But several of them have added that there is something they miss:
~ the chance to blow off steam the way they used to at the end of the day.
~ They may be eligible for AARP membership, but the Army still tells them they can't have a beer here.
~ A good place to find the veterans in Iraq is in the helicopter units.
~ There's far less opportunity to fly like that in civilian life, so the soldiers who love it stay on as long as they can.
~ "We're getting to be a rare breed," says Dargue, who flies corporate helicopters in civilian life
~ and wishes he could fly more in Iraq and spend less time on his staff job at the 42nd Division headquarters in Tikrit.
~ While they're eager to fly, these pilots don't see themselves as trying to relive their sometimes wild and hard-charging youths.
~ "With 36 years of perspective, I look at this one a whole lot differently than I look at that one," says Weatherhead,
~ whose daughter, Sgt. Jennifer Tommasi, 30, is on her second tour in Iraq as an Army medic.
~ Compared to Vietnam, "this is probably more difficult. In the big picture, this is probably more important," he says.
~ "I'm more aware of the historical context here.
~ I'm more aware of the political context," he says. "There, I was a 20-year-old flying helicopters and having a grand time."
~ "I'm not even sure I want to talk about some of the things we did then," Browning says.
~ He won the Distinguished Flying Cross for rescuing the crew of another helicopter
~ that had been shot down by enemy fire that also soon forced his own Huey to land.
~ In Iraq, one of his proudest activities is volunteer work at a nearby children's home.
~ Iraq probably will be the last chance for these older veterans to mentor the younger ones on combat missions.
~ "Hopefully, we're role models for them and we do some mentorship," Browning says.
~ What does he think of the younger pilots? "They're good, they're really good," he says.
~ Warrant Officer Jessica Howey, 29, of San Diego, who finished flight school in 2002,
~ says she's learning every day from the older guys.
~ Weatherhead is her instructor pilot and has schooled her on the changes made over the years.
~ She sounds amazed at how the pilots then would dash to their aircraft and rush off to fight.
~ "They just went." It was very different from the elaborate preflight planning of today.
~ Now it takes hours, sometimes days, to prepare for a mission.
~ "They have a different mind-set," says Chief Warrant Officer James Dunn, 39, of Manassas, Va.,
~ probably because "they got shot at on every mission," something he says doesn't happen often in Iraq.
~ Chief Warrant Officer Ron Serafinowicz, 56, of Gilbert, Ariz., flew Hueys in Vietnam from June 1970 to June 1971.
~ He says that being shot at, and seeing the results of weapons on others, changes a soldier's attitude.
~ He also says the Vietnam veterans in Iraq have a good impact on the younger soldiers.
~ Weatherhead and Browning didn't know each other in Vietnam but have flown together for 20 years in the California National Guard
~ since then. In Iraq, their careers have come full circle and their cockpit banter sometimes drifts into warm nostalgia.
~ On the aircraft intercom, the two men remain perfectionists, taking turns at the controls and discussing their own flying technique.
~ They note improvements in technique that could be made by the other Black Hawk, piloted by one of the younger crews.
~ On this day, there are a couple of reminders of Vietnam.
~ One of the Iraqi marshlands near the Tigris River looks a lot like the Mekong Delta, Weatherhead says.



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[009] FC4M Context ~ Military Helicopter: ~ Future Combat System (FCS)
Future Combat System (FCS):
~ FY2006 budget supports FCS with a $3.4 billion request, an increase of $200 million from 2005.
~ FCS will provide 18 new systems ranging from UAVs, new sensors, unmanned ground systems, and new armored fighting vehicles
~ to re-equip the Army for the highly mobile, network-centric warfare of the 21st Century.
~ FCS had been structured as a classic large, complex acquisition where everything was planned to come together
~ all 18 systems plus a network to link them) into the first, completely re-equipped brigade in 2010



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