Replace Hellfire and Maverick: US Army tested a new AGM-179 missile for helicopters (video)

The new rocket uses a hellfire engine, but has a number of features. In particular, it has a new guidance system that allows you to implement the concept of "fired and forgot". UH-1y Huey and AH-1Z Medical Infantry Corps conducted a training expeditionary operation off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. During the operation, the army tested the controlled AGM-179 Jagm missiles, the Visual Pentagon Visual Information Service reports.

The Jagm rocket demonstrated its capabilities to damage both fixed and moving goals on the water. At the same time, combat vehicles note that AH-1Z can potentially use a new ammunition as an anti-ship missile by integration into the Link 16 data network and the possibility of radioing in a third-party target. According to experts, the AGM-179 Jagm was replaced by Hellfire and Maverick-managed missiles and has some unification with them.

In particular, the new ammunition uses the hellfire engine, but has a semi -active laser guide and onboard millimeter radar, which allows to implement the concept of "fired and forgot". The rocket is able to capture the target at a distance of 500 meters and strike it up to 8 kilometers. According to developers with Lockheed Martin, the likelihood of lesions of moving goals with Jagm is up to 95%, while a similar indicator for Hellfire is about 35%.