Chinook har abada da rai?

Shirye-shiryen da Boeing da Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta Amurka suka yi a 'yan shekarun da suka gabata sun yi kira ga CH-47F Block II ya zama kashin bayan jiragen jigilar sojojin Amurka har zuwa akalla tsakiyar wannan karni.

A ranar 28 ga Maris, jirgin farko mai nauyi mai nauyi Boeing CH-47F Chinook Block II ya tashi daga filin jirgin saman kamfanin a Philadelphia a jirginsa na farko, wanda zai zama dokin sojan Amurka da abokan kawance har zuwa akalla 60s na karni na XNUMX. . . Sai dai idan, ba shakka, shirin ci gabansa da samar da jama'a ba ya kawo cikas da iyakancewa ta hanyar yanke shawara na 'yan siyasa, wanda sau da yawa ya faru a hakikanin Amurka kwanan nan.

Bayan jerin gwaje-gwaje na farko, ya kamata a ba da motar zuwa wurin gwajin masana'anta a Mesa, Arizona, inda za a ci gaba da gudanar da bincike da ci gaba, ciki har da halartar wakilan Ma'aikatar Tsaro. A cikin watanni masu zuwa, za a kara wasu jirage masu saukar ungulu na gwaji guda uku a gwaje-gwajen, ciki har da daya a cikin ma'auni na tallafawa sojoji na musamman.

MN-47G. Dangane da tsare-tsaren na yanzu, na'urar rotorcraft na farko na Block II yakamata ya shiga sabis a cikin 2023 kuma ya zama sigar musamman na MH-47G. Abin lura shi ne cewa jirgin farko an yi shi ne ta amfani da ruwan rotor na gargajiya, kuma ba ACRBs na ci gaba ba. Ƙarshen, wanda Boeing ya yi aiki na shekaru da yawa, an tsara shi don ƙara ƙarfin aiki na rotorcraft - kawai godiya ga su, ƙarfin ɗaukar nauyi a cikin yanayin zafi da tsayi ya kamata ya karu da 700÷900 kg.

Ɗaya daga cikin dalilan ƙaddamar da Block II shine rashin yiwuwar dakatar da JLTV a ƙarƙashin fuselage na CH-47F Block I, wanda HMMWV shine iyakar kaya.

Shirin gina helikwafta na CH-47F Chinook ya fara ne a cikin 90s, samfurin farko ya tashi a cikin 2001, kuma an fara isar da motocin samarwa a cikin 2006.

ing ya isar da rotorcraft sama da 500 na wannan sigar ga Sojojin Amurka da Umurnin Ayyuka na Musamman na Amurka (wasu daga cikinsu an ƙirƙira su ta hanyar sake ƙera CH-47D da abubuwan da suka samo asali) da gungun masu amfani da fitarwa. A halin yanzu, ƙungiyar tasu ta ƙunshi ƙasashe 12 daga sassa daban-daban na duniya, waɗanda suka ba da odar kusan kwafi 160 (har ila yau, a cikin wannan yanayin, ana gina wasu daga cikinsu ta hanyar sake gina CH-47D - wannan ita ce hanyar da Mutanen Espanya da Holland suka bi. ). Yiwuwar sayar da ƙarin ya kasance mai girma yayin da Boeing ke gudanar da yunƙurin tallatawar don siyar da jirage masu saukar ungulu ga masu amfani da Chinook, da kuma a ƙasashen da ba a yi amfani da CH-47 a baya ba. Isra'ila da Jamus (Ba a amfani da Chinooki a cikin waɗannan ƙasashe, kuma a cikin duka biyun CH-47F suna fafatawa da helikofta na Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion), Girka da Indonesiya ana ɗaukarsu masu yuwuwar 'yan kwangila. A halin yanzu Boeing ya kiyasta bukatar aƙalla Chinooks 150 a duniya don siyar da shi nan da shekarar 2022, amma kwangilar da aka riga aka ba da ita ce kawai za ta ci gaba da aikin layin har zuwa ƙarshen 2021. Kwantiragin shekaru da yawa da aka kammala tsakanin Ma'aikatar Tsaro da Boeing a cikin Yuli 2018 ya rufe

da dama zaɓuɓɓuka don fitarwa na CH-47F Block I helikofta ta hanyar FMS, wanda za a iya samar a karshen 2022, amma har yau babu masu saye a gare su. Wannan na iya zama matsala ga masana'anta, saboda yana iya nufin kiyaye layin taro har sai an ba da cikakken kuɗin shirin Block II da kwangilar dogon lokaci don sake samar da kusan 542 CH-47F / G mallakar sojojin Amurka ga wannan ma'auni. . Za a gudanar da waɗannan ayyukan a cikin 2023-2040, kuma dole ne a ƙara abokan cinikin fitarwa zuwa wannan lambar.

Me yasa aka kaddamar da Block II? Wannan shi ne sakamakon darussa da aka koya daga tashe-tashen hankula da kuma ayyukan jin kai da sojojin Amurka suka shiga cikin wannan karni. Kididdiga daga Ma'aikatar Tsaro ba ta da ƙarfi - a matsakaita, kowace shekara hana nauyin jirage masu saukar ungulu na iyali CH-47 yana girma da kusan kilogiram 45. Wannan, bi da bi, yana haifar da raguwar ƙarfin ɗaukar kaya, don haka, ikon jigilar kayayyaki da mutane. Bugu da kari, nauyin kayan aikin da sojoji ke jigilar su ta iska kuma yana karuwa. Bugu da kari, al'amurran da suka shafi tattalin arziki abubuwa ne masu muhimmanci - karuwar farashin aiki da kuma karuwar dubawa da lokutan kulawa, musamman a lokacin ayyukan balaguro na dogon lokaci (misali, a Afghanistan ko Iraki). Binciken duk waɗannan batutuwa ya sa Pentagon ba da izini (saboda haka, da farko asusu) aikin da nufin haɓaka sabon nau'in dokin sojan Amurka da muhimmin abin hawa na SOCOM, watau. CH-47F Chinook Block II. An tura kudaden farko a cikin Maris 2013. Daga nan Boeing ya samu dala miliyan 17,9. An sanya hannu kan babbar kwangilar a ranar 27 ga Yuli, 2018 kuma ta kai dalar Amurka miliyan 276,6. Hukumar Ayyuka ta Musamman ta Amurka ta kuma kara dala miliyan 29 a bazarar da ta gabata.

Taken shirin shine "Irin aiki da ƙananan farashin aiki". Don wannan, masu zanen Boeing, tare da yarjejeniya tare da Ma'aikatar Tsaro, sun yanke shawarar aiwatar da mataki na gaba na haɗin gwiwar kayan aiki tsakanin "na asali" CH-47F da "m" MH-47G "na musamman", da kuma amfani da kwarewar Kanada. Da farko, muna magana ne game da buƙatar ƙara ƙarfin ɗaukar nauyi a cikin yanayin zafi da tsayi. Boeing ya ce sabon nau'in zai kara karfin kayan aiki da kusan kilogiram 2000, wanda ya zarce kilogiram 900 na ma'aikatar tsaro, gami da kilogiram 700 a tsayi da yanayin zafi.