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ERDC/CRREL TR-02-13
TRADOC System Manager for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles,
Fort Huachuca
Army UAVs are not launched into known icing conditions, nor if icing is
forecast in their flight plan. In Kosovo, prior to summer 2000, Hunters were
flown only from April to October to avoid icing conditions. If there were an in-
flight system for icing avoidance, then UAVs would be launched into icing
the UAV's landing gear in its field of view. Since the landing gear usually ices
first, its condition is monitored and used to assess the situation, i.e., whether the
UAV has encountered unexpected icing.
160th Special Operations Aviation Combat Development:
Systems Integration and Maintenance Office, Fort Campbell
Special operations aviation has the same restrictions as general aviation with
regard to flight in icing conditions. Their Black Hawks are flown "quite a bit" in
light or moderate icing conditions. There is interest in using X-band radar to
detect icing conditions. The opinion expressed was that they "would like to have
deicing equipment on their Chinooks." Other concerns are proper deicing of
missile tubes and guns, and icing of the radomes of the multimode radar that
supports flight at 100 feet in IFR. The 160th also operates off ships where parked
aircraft can become iced by frozen spray. The 160th does occasionally use
chemicals to deice its aircraft, but the type of chemical is unspecified.
160th Special Operations Aviation Equipment Acquisition Office,
Fort Bragg
The Special Operations Aviation Regiment has no special icing-related
requirements. It flies standard helicopters with mission-specific equipment.
Deicing/anti-icing equipment determinations are in accordance with general
aviation requirements.
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