Unitech Composites（Hayden，ID，US）是Unitech航空航天公司，是商用航空航天和国防市场复杂复合材料层压板，部件和组件的供应商，10月16日宣布将提供轻型武器支援结构（LASS）武器美国向阿富汗政府提供的UH-60A黑鹰的挂架。

　　LASS武器plyons初供应给美国陆军的特种作战航空团（SOAR），它们已经运行了近10年。这些复合材料机翼被开发为轻型，耐腐蚀的直接替代品，用于安装在MH-60 DAP直升机上的外部燃料系统（EFS）单站武器挂架。与传统的金属EFS plyons相比，Unitech的LASS武器吊架轻了52％，它们减少阻力并保持中性升力。LASS机翼易于安装，设计适合现有的UH-60A / L / M黑鹰型号，带有标准硬点。根据客户的需求，LASS机翼可以配置为支持各种武器配置，包括30毫米加农炮，50加仑火炮，2.75英寸火箭吊舱和几个导弹有效载荷。

　　Unitech的LASS“机翼”将安装在具有固定前发射武器的UH-60A黑鹰上，同时安装在阿富汗空军和特种作战专用特种部队（SMW）上。公布的计划要求要求使用这些武器化黑鹰中的58只。预计陆军工程局（AED）将于2019年底在黑鹰部署阿富汗之前发布适航性释放（AWR ）。总部位于美国阿拉巴马州亨茨维尔的美国陆军公用事业直升机项目办公室（UHPO）正在管理整个阿富汗黑鹰直升机计划。Unitech与科学与工程服务（SES）的初始合同是前三个LASS 集合个计划在2018年第四季度交付。

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Unitech Composites (Hayden, ID, US), a Unitech Aerospace company and leading supplier of complex composite laminates, components and assemblies for the commercial aerospace and defense markets, announced Oct. 16 that they will provide its Lightweight Armament Support Structure (LASS) weapons pylons for the UH-60A Black Hawks that the United States is supplying to the Afghan government.

The LASS weapons plyons were originally supplied to the US Army’s Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) and they have been in operation for nearly 10 years.  These composite wings were developed as a lightweight, corrosion resistant direct replacement for the External Fuel System (EFS) single-station weapons pylons that were installed on MH-60 DAP helicopters.  Unitech’s LASS weapons pylon are 52% lighter when compared to the legacy metallic EFS plyons and they reduce drag and maintain a neutral lift. LASS wings are easy to install and designed to fit existing UH-60A/L/M Black Hawk models with standard hardpoints. Depending on a customer’s needs, LASS wings can be configured to support a variety of weapons configurations including 30 mm cannon, 50 cal guns, 2.75 inch rocket pods, and several missile payloads.

Unitech’s LASS “wings” will be installed on UH-60A Black Hawks with fixed-forward-firing weapons, to both the Afghan Air Force and the special operations-dedicated Special Mission Wing (SMW). Published program requirements call for 58 of these weaponized Black Hawks. The Army Engineering Directorate (AED) is expected to issue an airworthiness release (AWR) prior to the Black Hawks being deployed in Afghanistan in late 2019. The US Army’s Utility Helicopters Project Office (UHPO), headquartered in Huntsville, AL, US is managing the overall Afghan Black Hawk helicopter program. Unitech’s initial contract, with Science and Engineering Services (SES), is for the first three LASS shipsets, with the first one scheduled to deliver in the forth quarter of 2018.