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An AH-1Z at an air show displaying four-blade rotors and longer stub wings. The Bell AH-1Z Viper is an attack helicopter derived from the earlier Bell AH-1 SuperCobra. When contrasted against its predecessor, it incorporates various improvements and advances, including new rotor technology, upgraded military avionics, updated weapons systems ...
An AGM-179 JAGM being loaded onto an AH-1Z Initially an Army program, the AGM-179 is positioned well for a contract from the Navy. As of January 2025, the Freedom class Littoral combat ship is being equipped with vertical launch modules armed with 24 AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, with at least one ship having reached initial operating capability ...
U.S. Marines of the Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 demonstrating the conversion of a Hydra 70 into a APKWS II and loading into a Bell AH-1Z Viper.. The winning bidder for the APKWS II contract was the team of BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics, [9] beating the offerings from Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Systems.
The Bell AH-1Z Viper retained much of the AH-1W's design, but also features several major changes. [3] The AH-1Z's two redesigned wing stubs are longer with each adding a wingtip station for a missile such as the AIM-9 Sidewinder. Each wing has two other stations for 70 mm (2.75 in) Hydra rocket pods, or AGM-114 Hellfire quad missile launcher ...
The Bell AH-1 Cobra is a dedicated attack helicopter, built to provide close air support and to escort friendly troop transports. [ 8 ] [ 4 ] The visual design of the Cobra was intentionally made to be sleek and be akin to that of a jet fighter. [ 4 ]
An Israeli Air Force AH-64 launched a Hellfire missile at the UAV, successfully destroying it. [ 37 ] [ independent source needed ] In January 2016 The Wall Street Journal reported that one training missile without a warhead was accidentally shipped to Cuba in 2014 after a training mission in Europe; [ 38 ] it was later returned. [ 39 ]
The Cobra Missile System is a functional development of the XM26 and the TOW missile system developed for the failed AH-56 helicopter. Originally designed for the AH-1Q and AH-1S Cobras, the AH-1F Modernized Cobra was also rebuilt to use the system.
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