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Aircraft Mfr's Number: 70078

Built by:: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Modified Model*:: JUH-60A
Effectivity:: 0068
Lot Number:: 2B
Mfr. Date:
Aircraft Status:: active
Last Updated:: 2024-05-16

* The model displayed above will either be the aircraft's birth or earliest modified model. To see the aircrafts modification history see the below Aircraft Historical Events.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 1

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
August 1980	78-23012	JUH-60A		U.S. Army
In August 1980 the aircraft was accepted into the Army Inventory and assigned to Electronics Research and Development Command Flight Activity (ERADCOM Flight Activity) at NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey. In March 1983 the aircraft was transferred to Fort Eustis and assigned to the U.S. Army Air Mobility Research and Development Laboratories (AMRDL). It was designated as a JUH-60A and being used as the Boeing Advanced Digital Optical Control System (ADOCS) demonstrator. The (ADOCS) was being developed on a UH-60A helicopter by the Boeing Vertol Company to demonstrate the feasibility of a digital optical control system. On 23 September 1989 the aircraft arrived at the Ames Research Center (ARC), at Moffett Airfield, California. While the aircraft was still tail numbered 78-23012, NASA 750 was applied to the aircraft tail. The aircraft was being used as the Rotorcraft Aircrew Systems Concepts Airborne Laboratory and dubbed RASCAL. The RASCAL cockpit has an evaluation crew station with flight-by-wire (FBW) controls on the right side and a safety pilot position with back-up hydromechanical controls on the left. In February 1999 the aircraft was transferred to Redstone AAF in Huntsville Alabama and assigned to the US Army Aviation Research, Development, and Engineering Command but remained attached with the Army Aeroflightdynamics Directorate (AFDD) at NASA Ames Research Center.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

August 1980

78-23012

JUH-60A

U.S. Army

In August 1980 the aircraft was accepted into the Army Inventory and assigned to Electronics Research and Development Command Flight Activity (ERADCOM Flight Activity) at NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey.

In March 1983 the aircraft was transferred to Fort Eustis and assigned to the U.S. Army Air Mobility Research and Development Laboratories (AMRDL). It was designated as a JUH-60A and being used as the Boeing Advanced Digital Optical Control System (ADOCS) demonstrator. The (ADOCS) was being developed on a UH-60A helicopter by the Boeing Vertol Company to demonstrate the feasibility of a digital optical control system.

On 23 September 1989 the aircraft arrived at the Ames Research Center (ARC), at Moffett Airfield, California. While the aircraft was still tail numbered 78-23012, NASA 750 was applied to the aircraft tail. The aircraft was being used as the Rotorcraft Aircrew Systems Concepts Airborne Laboratory and dubbed RASCAL. The RASCAL cockpit has an evaluation crew station with flight-by-wire (FBW) controls on the right side and a safety pilot position with back-up hydromechanical controls on the left.

In February 1999 the aircraft was transferred to Redstone AAF in Huntsville Alabama and assigned to the US Army Aviation Research, Development, and Engineering Command but remained attached with the Army Aeroflightdynamics Directorate (AFDD) at NASA Ames Research Center.

Abbreviated Army Aircraft History:

From Date	To Date	Model	Unit Name	Location
1980-08-16	1983-03-15	UH-60A	ERADCOM Flight Activity	NAES Lakehurst, New Jersey
1983-03-16	1989-09-15	UH-60A	USA AVN RSCH DEV ENGR C	Redstone, Alabama
1989-09-16	1997-09-15	UH-60A	AVSCOM	Saint Louis, Missouri
1997-09-16	1999-02-15	UH-60A	HQ, US Army Aviation and Missiles Command	Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
1999-02-16	2000-05-15	UH-60A	USA AVN RSCH DEV ENGR C	Redstone, Alabama
2000-05-16	2006-04-15	UH-60A	AMRDEC	Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
2006-04-16	2009-05-15	UH-60A	OFC ADV SYS TSCH	Moffett Federal Airfield, California