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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 ...
UH-1Y and AH-Z land on ship deck An AH-1Z Viper and a Bell UH-1Y Venom during trials aboard the USS Bataan (LHD-5) in 2005. In August 1995, the Secretary of the Navy authorized the Marine Corps to upgrade its utility and attack helicopters as a bridge until the Joint Replacement Aircraft was available in 2020. [1]
Instead, the service signed a contract for the upgrading of AH-1Ws into AH-1Zs. [4] [16] 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.
The first Bell AH-1Z set to receive upgrades to be provided by Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, under a contract with the U.S. Marine Corps, has arrived at Bell’s Amarillo Assembly ...
The Bell Huey family of helicopters includes a wide range of civil and military aircraft produced since 1956 by Bell Helicopter.This H-1 family of aircraft includes the utility UH-1 Iroquois and the derivative AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter series and ranges from the XH-40 prototype, first flown in October 1956, to the 21st-century UH-1Y Venom and AH-1Z Viper.
A UH-1Y from HMLA-367 and an AH-1W SuperCobra in Afghanistan, November 2009 UH-1Y operating in Hawaii. The UH-1Y and AH-1Z completed their developmental testing in early 2006. [21] During the first quarter of 2006 the UH-1Ys were transferred to the Operational Test Unit at NAS Patuxent River, where they began operational evaluation testing. [22]
Pages in category "Bell aircraft" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total. ... Bell UH-1Y Venom; Bell AH-1Z Viper; Bell YOH-4; Bell H-12; Bell H ...
Pakistan repeatedly sought the Bell AH-1W SuperCobra from the US to supplement and replace its current AH-1 Cobras. [60] Attempts to acquire the AH-1Z Viper or AH-64E Apache from the US were rejected, so Pakistan turned to buying other foreign attack helicopters.