First helicopter of US Navy Bell AH-1Z Viper noticed with new long-range missiles (photo)

The task was to significantly increase the range on which AH-1Z helicopter can affect the targets at the land and at sea. The case consider this the key to ensuring the relevance of helicopters in the future large -scale conflict, especially in the Pacific Ocean against China. The Navair Naval Air Command recently shared an AH-1Z image and reported that the Marine Corps successfully conducted the first test of the new potential of the Far Detailed LRPF.

"The event was successfully conducted at the Huma test landfill (YPG), Arizona, where AH-1z launched with a wireless application through the Marine Air-Ground (Magtab) tablet," Navair's press religious. Specifically, PASM Corps, which developed a long -range rocket (LRAM) was not called. But it seems that this is the first picture of a rocket developed during these efforts. AH-1Z helicopter in the image is armed with two ammunition.

Viper also has test-measuring modules on pylons, as well as a couple of fuel tanks. The rockets themselves have the X-shadows of the tail fin and the sliding wings under the housings. The image of Navair is of low quality, but ammunition seems to be designed to reduce their radar signature. At least in front, with a noticeable orange section on the lower half of the front of the nose.

It can be a hole for a self -education device, but it is also unclear whether the image was somehow edited for safety reasons. Navair also reports that last year's test was the first case when a helicopter platform of the Marine Corps used a weapon system from a tablet device.

The Magtab system is usually used by separate marine infantrymen on Earth or in aircraft to communicate and exchange data, including coordination of direct aviation support, help planning a route and providing additional data. Magtab can be used to transmit data from external sources to AH-1Z helicopter about goals outside the range that can "see" its onboard sensors. Recall that the UAE introduced the latest cartoon RSZV Barq. The revolutionary armored vehicle BMP RILA was also reported.