Tag Archives: AH-64

First-ever helicopter-based firing of High Energy Laser

Posted on Friday, 30 June, 2017 by twobirdsflyingpub

MCKINNEY, Texas, June 26, 2017 — Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and the U.S. Army Apache Program Management Office, in collaboration with U.S. Special Operations Command, recently completed a successful flight test of a high energy laser system onboard an Apache … Continue reading →

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Top Attack Helicopters In The World

Posted on Sunday, 24 June, 2012 by twobirdsflyingpub

The Defense Media has come out with a list of the top attack helicopters. What positively blows me away is that they left the Mi-24 Hind of the list, and instead chose the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s multirole Light Combat Helicopter … Continue reading →

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US Army’s AH-64D Apache Avionics Integration Program Gets JTRS

Posted on Tuesday, 19 July, 2011 by twobirdsflyingpub

Lockheed Martin delivered the first secure joint tactical radio to US Army’s AH-64D Apache Avionics Integration Lab. The airborne, maritime / fixed station joint tactical Radio System, or AMF-JTRS as it is called, is a two channel radio running the Link … Continue reading →

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