 Budget projections for FY 2015 included retiring the U.S. Army's OH-58 Kiowa fleet and transferring AH-64 Apache attack helicopters from U.S. Army Reserve and U.S. Army National Guard to the active Army to perform the aerial scout role.Sikorsky suggested the possibility of buying the S-97 to replace lost Apache for armed helicopter needs.Sikorsky proposes S-97 as FVL-CS1; the light scout helicopter.