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2027财年预算提议大幅削减阿帕奇、黑鹰和支奴干采购量，同时加大无人机领域投资
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发布于2026年5月22日美国东部时间上午5:30
美军在德克萨斯州开展现代化战场需求训练
陆军工程人员正努力适应不断演变的现代化战场需求。在德克萨斯州胡德堡，现役、预备役和国民警卫队部队正在严苛的实战化训练中检验自身作战能力。
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美军领导层周三表示，以无人机为主导的作战模式以及乌克兰和中东地区近期冲突正在重塑美军的航空与导弹防御战略，引发了对直升机项目以及昂贵的“爱国者”拦截系统的新审视。
此番表态正值美军提交2027财年预算申请之际，该预算大幅削减直升机采购资金：阿帕奇直升机拨款从约3.617亿美元缩减至约150万美元，黑鹰直升机拨款从约9.13亿美元缩减至约3930万美元，支奴干直升机采购拨款从约6.29亿美元缩减至约2.1亿美元，同时增加对无人机、自主系统和低成本战场技术的投资。
此次转型不仅限于采购环节。美军此前宣布计划在2026和2027财年削减约6500个现役航空岗位，包括飞行员、机组人员和维修人员，领导层正将资源转向无人系统和无人机作战。
目前尚不清楚此次采购削减最终是否会缩小机队规模、延长老旧飞机的服役年限，或是推迟原定的换装周期。
美军领导层表示，推动此次变革的战场经验已经开始影响预算决策，美军正将资金从部分传统航空项目转向无人机、自主系统和低成本大规模作战系统。
“毫无疑问，在审视整个航空装备组合时……我们正在重新评估，”陆军助理部长布伦特·英格拉哈姆周三在五角大楼媒体圆桌会议上表示。
英格拉哈姆表示，美军正在重新评估传统载人飞机与日益能够执行直升机此前任务的大型无人系统的搭配方式。
此次航空采购削减计划已经引发国会方面的担忧。
在5月12日参议院军事委员会的一场听证会上，亚利桑那州民主党参议员马克·凯利警告称，美军的预算申请“一架H-64阿帕奇都未采购、一架支奴干Block II型都未采购，仅采购一架UH-60黑鹰直升机”，他认为美军在验证替代方案之前就放弃了关键作战能力。
“仅航空领域，您部门的预算申请就削减了超过50亿美元的工业基础资金，实际上关停了所有当前的美军航空平台，”拨款委员会最高民主党议员、康涅狄格州众议员罗莎·德劳罗在5月12日众议院拨款委员会听证会上向战争部长皮特·赫格斯瑟施压道，“国防部是如何得出结论，认为削减这些美军航空平台的采购会加强而非削弱航空工业基础的？”
赫格斯瑟承认五角大楼正在重新考虑该计划的部分内容。
在面对有关航空削减规模的质疑后，赫格斯瑟在众议院听证会上对议员们表示：“美军转型倡议中有一些非常好的内容，但也有一些内容需要我们重新审视。”
赫格斯瑟表示，五角大楼领导层正致力于确保美军在向更多无人系统和下一代技术转型的过程中不会出现“航空能力缺口”。
美军领导层周三表示，以无人机为主导的作战模式以及乌克兰和中东地区近期冲突正在重塑美军的航空与导弹防御战略，引发了对直升机项目以及昂贵的“爱国者”拦截系统的新审视。（阿尔·德拉戈/路透社：斯蒂芬·沃姆思/路透社）
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美军领导层表示，廉价无人机的快速扩散正迫使美军重新思考其采购和列装飞机、导弹防御系统以及战场技术的方式。
“我们知道，我们不能再继续用‘爱国者’导弹去击落廉价无人机，”英格拉哈姆说，“我们必须找到正确的成本平衡点。”
在美国及其盟友在以色列与伊朗冲突以及更广泛的中东军事行动中消耗了大量昂贵的导弹防御拦截弹后，这种担忧变得愈发紧迫，五角大楼担心库存耗尽，以及依赖数百万美元的防御系统对抗廉价无人机和导弹的长期可持续性。
（阿尔·德拉戈/路透社）
2025年10月10日，哥伦比亚军队在哥伦比亚托莱马达的军事基地激活了首个无人机营，以应对非法武装组织使用无人机发动的冲突。（劳尔·阿沃莱达/法新社）
美军官员还介绍了一个全新的盟国无人机与反无人机采购市场，旨在加快对外军售速度，并在伙伴国家之间标准化互操作系统。德里斯科尔将这项计划比作“战争版亚马逊”。
官员们表示，该市场预计将面向全球约25个美国盟友和伙伴开放，最初将聚焦于无人机和反无人机系统，之后可能扩展到其他能力领域和国家。该平台目前仅允许盟国采购美国的军事装备。
美国在伊朗冲突中耗尽关键导弹库存，数年重建工作迫在眉睫
美军还启动了一项快速竞标项目，旨在开发低成本拦截弹，用于对抗无人机和巡航导弹，避免耗尽昂贵的“爱国者”导弹库存。
英格拉哈姆表示，企业将在即将举行的行业活动后获得约120天的时间，展示从火箭发动机、导引头到完全集成的拦截弹概念等各类技术。
“哪怕你没有全套实物……带方案来就行，”他说。
此次转型反映了五角大楼内部日益增长的担忧：廉价无人机、自主系统和大规模生产的武器正在迅速改变现代战争的经济成本和生存假设，尤其是乌克兰和中东地区的冲突暴露了传统装甲和重型航空作战理念的漏洞。
（安东尼·贝利/路透社独家供稿）
美军领导层越来越多地表示，未来战争将更少依赖少量昂贵的载人平台，更多依赖大量更便宜、网络化且可快速更换的系统，这些系统能够在充斥无人机的战场上生存下来。
陆军部长丹尼尔·德里斯科尔在圆桌会议上表示，美军正试图彻底改革被领导层视为数十年来存在缺陷的采购流程，这些流程导致美军适应快速变化的战场条件的速度过慢。
“我们如何深入改革体系，改变那些在过去30年里导致诸多糟糕结果的失效流程？”德里斯科尔说。
德里斯科尔表示，在过去数十年的采购失败和预算超支后，美军已经失去了国会的信任。
“在过去30年里，美国陆军在某些方面已经失去了国会的信任，即我们能否推进大型新项目，确保它们按时、按预算完成，”他说。
他随后援引美军现已取消的M10布克装甲车项目作为领导层试图避免的采购失败案例。
“当我们对国会说，‘嘿，相信我们会开发新平台。这次不会像布克坦克那样了’，”德里斯科尔说。
德里斯科尔认为，美军已经开始以大幅加快的时间框架列装新能力，这更类似于乌克兰战场上的战时适应周期，而非传统的五角大楼采购时间表。
“‘史诗暴怒行动’启动后，我们在第5天就开始采购13000枚梅罗普斯反无人机拦截弹，”德里斯科尔说。
“到第10天，我们已经签下了之前从未采购过的装备的合同，”他补充道，“到第20天，它们就已经以数千枚的规模运抵战区。”
美军官员还表示，在研究了乌克兰战争期间快速整合商用和军用技术的能力后，美军正试图快速改进武器系统、传感器和战场网络之间的通信方式。
“乌克兰人向我们展示了他们的开放式架构系统如何让几乎所有传感器和雷达之间实现信息传递，”德里斯科尔说，“这赋予了他们众多我们目前尚不具备的作战能力。”
“此时此刻，在卡森堡，有450名开发人员和程序员正在破解我们所有装备的系统，”他补充道。
“我谨慎乐观地认为，再过一个月左右，我们就能破解数百件装备的系统。”
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Army cuts helicopters, pushes ‘Amazon for war’ as drone combat reshapes military
2026-05-22T05:30:09-04:00 / Fox News
Fiscal year 2027 budget proposes steep reductions in Apache, Black Hawk and Chinook procurement while boosting drone investment
By Morgan Phillips Fox News
Published May 22, 2026 5:30am EDT
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Army engineers are trying to adapt to the evolving demands of the modern battlefield. In Fort Hood, Texas, active, reserve and National Guard Army troops put their combat abilities to the test in a rigorous, hands-on training.
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Army leaders signaled Wednesday that drone-heavy warfare and recent conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East are reshaping the service’s aviation and missile defense strategy, driving new scrutiny of helicopter programs and costly Patriot interceptor systems.
The comments come as the Army’s fiscal year 2027 budget request sharply cuts the funding request for helicopter procurement, including reducing Apache funding from roughly $361.7 million to about $1.5 million, Black Hawk funding from about $913 million to roughly $39.3 million and Chinook procurement from roughly $629 million to about $210 million, while increasing investment in drones, autonomy and low-cost battlefield technologies.
The transformation push is already extending beyond procurement. The Army previously announced plans to cut roughly 6,500 active-duty aviation positions over fiscal years 2026 and 2027 — including pilots, flight crews and maintainers — as leaders shift resources toward unmanned systems and drone warfare.
It remains unclear whether the procurement reductions ultimately will shrink aviation fleet sizes, extend the service life of aging aircraft or delay planned replacement cycles.
Army leaders suggested the battlefield lessons driving the changes are already shaping budget decisions, as the service redirects money away from some traditional aviation programs toward drones, autonomy and low-cost mass systems.
“Absolutely, as we look across the aviation portfolio … we’re re-looking that,” Assistant Army Secretary Brent Ingraham said during a Pentagon media roundtable Wednesday.
Ingraham said the Army is reassessing how traditional manned aircraft fit alongside larger unmanned systems increasingly capable of missions once handled by helicopters.
The proposed aviation cuts already have drawn concern on Capitol Hill.
During a recent Senate Armed Services Committee hearing May 12, Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., warned that the Army’s budget request included “zero H-64 Apaches, zero Chinook Block IIs and one UH-60 Black Hawk,” arguing the service was divesting critical capabilities before validating replacements.
“Your department’s budget request cuts over $5 billion from the industrial base in the aviation sector alone, effectively shutting down all current Army aviation platforms,” Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, pressed War Secretary Pete Hegseth during a May 12 House Appropriations hearing. “How did the department arrive at the conclusion that reducing procurement for these Army aviation platforms strengthens rather than weakens the aviation industrial base?”
Hegseth acknowledged the Pentagon was reconsidering parts of the plan.
“There are some very good things in the Army Transformation Initiative, and there are some things that we’ve needed to get another look at,” Hegseth told lawmakers during a House hearing after facing questions about the scale of the aviation cuts.
Hegseth said Pentagon leaders were focused on ensuring the Army does not create “aviation capability gaps” as it transitions toward more unmanned systems and next-generation technologies.
Army leaders signaled Wednesday that drone-heavy warfare and recent conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East are reshaping the service’s aviation and missile defense strategy, driving new scrutiny of helicopter programs and costly Patriot interceptor systems.(Al Drago/Reuters:Stephen Wormuth/Reuters)
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Army leaders said the rapid spread of cheap drones is forcing the Army to rethink how it buys and fields aircraft, missile defenses and battlefield technology.
“We know we don’t want to continue to use a Patriot missile to shoot down a cheap drone,” Ingraham said. “You’ve got to get on the right side of the cost curve.”
The concern has become increasingly urgent after the U.S. and its allies burned through large numbers of expensive missile defense interceptors during the Israel-Iran conflict and broader Middle East operations, fueling Pentagon concerns about stockpile depletion and the long-term sustainability of relying on multimillion-dollar defensive systems against cheap drones and missiles.
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Officials also described a new allied drone and counter-drone procurement marketplace designed to speed foreign military sales and standardize interoperable systems across partner nations. Driscoll compared the effort to “an Amazon for war.”
Officials said the marketplace is expected to become available to roughly 25 U.S. allies and partners worldwide, initially focused on drone and counter-drone systems before potentially expanding to additional capabilities and countries.
The platform will for now only allow allies to buy U.S. capabilities.
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The Army also is launching a rapid competition to develop low-cost interceptors designed to counter drones and cruise missiles without exhausting multimillion-dollar Patriot missile stocks.
Ingraham said companies will have roughly 120 days after an upcoming industry event to demonstrate technologies ranging from rocket motors and seekers to fully integrated interceptor concepts.
“Even if you don’t have it all on the ground … bring it,” he said.
The transformation effort reflects growing concern inside the Pentagon that cheap drones, autonomous systems and mass-produced weapons are rapidly changing the economics and survivability assumptions of modern warfare, particularly after conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East exposed vulnerabilities in traditional armored and aviation-heavy battlefield concepts.
Army leaders signaled that drone-heavy warfare and recent conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East are reshaping the service’s aviation and missile defense strategy, driving new scrutiny of helicopter programs and costly Patriot interceptor systems.(Anthony Bailey/Handout via Reuters)
Army leaders increasingly suggest future wars will rely less on small numbers of expensive manned platforms and more on large quantities of cheaper, networked and rapidly replaceable systems capable of surviving in drone-saturated battlefields.
Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll said at the roundtable that the service is attempting to overhaul what leaders view as decades of broken acquisition practices that left the Army too slow to adapt to rapidly changing battlefield conditions.
“How do we dig down deep into the system to change the broken processes that have led to so many bad outcomes over the last 30 years?” Driscoll said.
Driscoll said the Army had lost Congress’s trust after decades of acquisition failures and budget overruns.
“The United States Army had in some ways lost Congress’s trust over the last 30 years that we could do big new projects, keep them on time, keep them on budget,” he said.
He later referenced the Army’s now-canceled M10 Booker armored vehicle program as an example of the type of procurement failure leaders are trying to avoid.
“When we go to Congress and say, ‘Hey, trust us to develop a new platform. This one will not turn out like the Booker tank,’” Driscoll said.
Driscoll argued the Army already is trying to field new capabilities on dramatically accelerated timelines more similar to wartime adaptation cycles seen in Ukraine than traditional Pentagon acquisition schedules.
“When Operation Epic Fury kicked off, we were able to on day five go start the process to purchase 13,000 Merops counter-drone interceptors,” Driscoll said.
“By day 10, we had contracted for something we had never purchased before,” he added. “They were starting to flow into theater in the thousands by day 20.”
Army officials also said the service is trying to rapidly improve how weapons systems, sensors and battlefield networks communicate with one another after studying Ukraine’s ability to quickly integrate commercial and military technologies during the war.
“The Ukrainians were highlighting to us how their open architecture system allowed information to pass between nearly all of their sensors and radars,” Driscoll said. “That empowered so many things that they could do that we just can’t do yet.”
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“At this exact moment at Fort Carson, there are 450 developers and programmers jailbreaking all of our equipment,” he added.
“I’m cautiously optimistic within a month from now we will have jailbroken literally hundreds of pieces of equipment.”