INTERVIEW WITH COLONEL ANDREW MACNAB, DEPUTY COMMANDER, 16 AVIATION BRIGADE, AUSTRALIAN ARMY

摘要

Andrew Drwiega, Rotor & Wing (R&W): It has taken a long time to bring the Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) into service. Where are you now following the 'stop payments'delay in 2008?rnAndrew MacNab (AM): We are progressing towards all the remaining milestones. We are expecting to have a deployable squadron around the middle of next year [summer 2011]. Obviously we are not going to have full capability as that is: dayight; amphibious operations. Part of the reason is that it is tied into JP2048 which is the program to replace two amphibious landing ships with Navan-tia Canberra class Landing Helicopter Docks (LHDs).