Advanced Attack Helicopter

Advanced Attack Helicopter (AAH)
A YAH-64A during a demonstration flight in 1982
General information
Project forAttack helicopter
Issued byUnited States Army
PrototypesBell YAH-63
Hughes YAH-64
History
OutcomeYAH-64 selected for production as AH-64 Apache
PredecessorsAdvanced Aerial Fire Support System
SuccessorsLight Helicopter Experimental

The Advanced Attack Helicopter (AAH) was a United States Army program to develop an advanced ground attack helicopter beginning in 1972. The Advanced Attack Helicopter program followed cancellation of the Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne. After evaluating industry proposals, the AAH competition was reduced to offerings from Bell and Hughes. Following a flight test evaluation of prototypes, Hughes' YAH-64 was selected in December 1976.

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