1, reconnaissance
Reconnaissance helicopters, a means of aerial reconnaissance that must be equipped by the modern Army Air Corps. The reconnaissance helicopter serves as a close or close to the battlefield area for intelligence gathering, and like the tactical reconnaissance aircraft, primarily serves in a reconnaissance role for military support. Because the helicopter can hover in an undetectable place for intelligence and information gathering, the reconnaissance helicopter is still one of the main military aircraft for intelligence and information gathering.
2, transportation
Transportation helicopters are helicopters used to transport and carry materials, and in the military also refers to helicopters that can carry soldiers. There are many types of helicopters, and some of the armed helicopters have the same carrying capacity. Can be administered on the battlefield airborne assault, carry away wounded soldiers and transport supplies, the most important thing is that the transport helicopters have no terrain restrictions, can carry out vertical resupply transport helicopters, is an indispensable mobility force in modern warfare.
3, ambulance
Ambulance helicopters, used on land, water search and rescue due to aircraft crashes or hit parachute flight personnel and other victims of the helicopter. Usually converted to light and medium helicopters. On board with medical personnel, equipped with a certain number of stretcher and on board to the sick and wounded for medical care of drugs, equipment and devices and so on. Some ambulance helicopters are also equipped with search and rescue devices for searching and rescuing people in distress.
4, attack
Attack Helicopter (Attack Helicopter) is a military helicopter, mainly used for attacking ground targets such as infantry, armored vehicles and buildings; the main weapons for the machine gun and machine gun, rockets, and precision guided missiles.
Many attack helicopters can also be armed with air-to-air missiles, but are primarily used for self-defense. Today's attack helicopters serve two main purposes: to provide direct and precise close air support to ground forces and to destroy enemy concentrations of armored targets.
5, early warning
In the general-purpose helicopters or transport helicopters based on the addition of early warning radar, data links, communications equipment, command and control terminals and other components of the air battlefield early warning and command and control helicopters.
Expanded Information
Helicopters are increasingly used in human production and life, and the global market shows a continuous demand for helicopters. Emerging markets, in particular, are experiencing high demand for helicopters as their economies develop. With 43% of the world's helicopters in service for more than 25 years, the need for replacement has further increased the demand for helicopter production.
According to the Smart Research Data Research Center, the global helicopter market from 2011 to 2020 is forecast to deliver at least 16,970 helicopters worth $140 billion in 10 years. Among them, 10,900 civil helicopters worth 34 billion U.S. dollars, military helicopters 6070, worth 106 billion U.S. dollars.
China's helicopter equipment situation compared with foreign countries is a big gap between the military helicopters per 10,000 military helicopters is only 2.1, less than one-tenth of the level of the developed countries; and civil helicopters for the million population of the helicopters is only 0.06, which is much lower than the level of developed countries, China's helicopter industry needs to be improved.
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