Unitech Composites（Hayden，ID，US）是Unitech航空航天公司，是商用航空航天和國防市場復雜復合材料層壓板，部件和組件的供應商，10月16日宣布將提供輕型武器支援結構（LASS）武器美國向阿富汗政府提供的UH-60A黑鷹的掛架。

　　LASS武器plyons初供應給美國陸軍的特種作戰航空團（SOAR），它們已經運行了近10年。這些復合材料機翼被開發為輕型，耐腐蝕的直接替代品，用于安裝在MH-60 DAP直升機上的外部燃料系統（EFS）單站武器掛架。與傳統的金屬EFS plyons相比，Unitech的LASS武器吊架輕了52％，它們減少阻力并保持中性升力。LASS機翼易于安裝，設計適合現有的UH-60A / L / M黑鷹型號，帶有標準硬點。根據客戶的需求，LASS機翼可以配置為支持各種武器配置，包括30毫米加農炮，50加侖火炮，2.75英寸火箭吊艙和幾個導彈有效載荷。

　　Unitech的LASS“機翼”將安裝在具有固定前發射武器的UH-60A黑鷹上，同時安裝在阿富汗空軍和特種作戰專用特種部隊（SMW）上。公布的計劃要求要求使用這些武器化黑鷹中的58只。預計陸軍工程局（AED）將于2019年底在黑鷹部署阿富汗之前發布適航性釋放（AWR ）?？偛课挥诿绹⒗婉R州亨茨維爾的美國陸軍公用事業直升機項目辦公室（UHPO）正在管理整個阿富汗黑鷹直升機計劃。Unitech與科學與工程服務（SES）的初始合同是前三個LASS 集合個計劃在2018年第四季度交付。

原文如下：

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.