Joint Replacement Aircraft

The Joint Replacement Aircraft (JRA) was a program initiated by the US Defense Department project to build a common utility aircraft that would replace the UH-1N Twin Huey and AH-1 SuperCobra in service with the United States Marine Corps.[1]

In August 1995, the Secretary of the Navy authorized the Marine Corps to upgrade its utility and attack helicopters as a bridge until the Joint Replacement Aircraft was available in 2020.[2] The Marine Corps hoped to replace the UH-1N and AH-1W with the JRA by 2015,[1] and a number of designs for the JRA were explored, including a tiltoror.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/jra.htm
  2. ↑ H-1 Upgrade Program on GlobalSecurity.org
  3. ↑ https://www.ntis.gov/Search/Home/titleDetail/?abbr=ADA491890

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