The US Army has nearly 6,000 rotary, fixed wing, and unmanned aircraft, which are more air systems than many of the air forces in the world. This represents approximately 25% of the army equipping budget, the single largest equipment portfolio in the army. After 17 years of continuous combat, the current army aircraft fleet is decades old and worn. Substantial improvements to Cold War era designs are required to meet current and future threats. To accomplish this plan, the Program Executive Office (PEO) Aviation, which is responsible for leading and executing the US Army’s Life Cycle Management for Aviation Weapon Systems, manages Acquisition Category One (ACAT I) programmes. These programmes are the AH-64E APACHE, the CH-47F CHINOOK, the UH-60M BLACK HAWK, the UH-72A LAKOTA, the Improved Turbine Engine Program, the MQ-1C GRAY EAGLE UAS and the RQ-7B SHADOW Tactical UAS. In addition to these priorities there is the looming decision on the Future Vertical Lift (FVL) design.
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机译：美国陆军拥有近6,000架旋转，固定翼和无人飞机，其空中系统比世界上许多空军都要多。这大约占军队装备预算的25％，这是军队中最大的装备组合。经过17年的持续战斗，目前的陆军飞机机队已经破旧不堪。需要对冷战时代的设计进行重大改进，以应对当前和未来的威胁。为了完成该计划，负责领导和执行美国陆军航空武器系统生命周期管理的计划执行办公室（PEO）航空管理着第一类采购（ACAT I）计划。这些程序是AH-64E APACHE，CH-47F CHINOOK，UH-60M BLACK HAWK，UH-72A LAKOTA，改进型涡轮发动机程序，MQ-1C灰色鹰UAS和RQ-7B SHADOW战术UAS。除了这些优先事项之外，未来垂直升降机（FVL）设计也有迫在眉睫的决定。
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