Khác biệt giữa bản sửa đổi của “Bell OH-58 Kiowa”

In 1967, the Army reopened the LOH competition for bids because Hughes Tool Co. Aircraft Division could not meet the contractual production demands.<ref name="Holley_p8">Holley and Sloniker, p. 8.</ref> Bell resubmitted for the program using the Bell 206A.<ref name="LOH-1"/> Fairchild-Hiller failed to resubmit their bid with the YOH-5A, which they had successfully marketed as the [[Fairchild Hiller FH-1100|FH-1100]].<ref name="Hirschberg">Hirschberg, Michael J. and David K. Daley. [http://www.vtol.org/History.htm#_Toc486998807 "Bell".] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010605193600/http://www.vtol.org/History.htm |date = ngày 5 tháng 6 năm 2001}} ''US and Russian Helicopter Development In the 20th Century''. [http://www.vtol.org/ American Helicopter Society]. ngày 7 tháng 7 năm 2000. Truy cập on ngày 20 tháng 4 năm 2007.</ref> In the end, Bell underbid Hughes to win the contract and the Bell 206A was designated as the OH-58A. Following the U.S. Army's naming convention for helicopters, the OH-58A was named ''Kiowa'' in honor of the [[Kiowa|Native American tribe]].<ref name="Holley_p90">Holley and Sloniker, p. 90.</ref>

 

In the 1970s, the U.S. Army began evaluating the need to improve the capabilities of their scout aircraft. Anticipating the [[AH-64 Apache|AH-64A]]'s replacement of the venerable [[AH-1 Cobra|AH-1]], the Army began shopping the idea of an Aerial Scout Program to stimulate the development of advanced technological capabilities for night vision and precision navigation equipment. The stated goals of the program included prototypes that would: <blockquote>"...possess an extended target acquisition range capability by means of a long-range stabilized optical subsystem for the observer, improved position location through use of a computerized navigation system, improved survivability by reducing aural, visual, radar, and infrared signatures, and an improved flight performance capability derived from a larger engine to provide compatibility with attack helicopters".<ref name="cmh-1972-05">{{chú thích sách |last =Cocke |first =Karl E. |chapter-url =http://www.history.army.mil/books/DAHSUM/1972/ch05.htm |chapter =V Force Development |url =http://www.history.army.mil/books/DAHSUM/1972/index.htm#Contents |title =Department of the Army Historical Summary |publisher =[[United States Army Center of Military History]] |year =1972 |accessdate =ngày 17 tháng 1 năm 2014 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130602204630/http://www.history.army.mil/books/DAHSUM/1972/index.htm#Contents |archive-date =ngày 2 tháng 6 năm 2013 |dead-url=no }}</ref></blockquote>