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The AN/APG-78 Longbow is a millimeter-wave fire-control radar (FCR) system for the AH-64D/E Apache attack helicopter. It was initially developed in the 1980s as the Airborne Adverse Weather Weapon System (AAWWS) as part of the Multi-Stage Improvement Program (MSIP) to enhance the AH-64A. [2] By 1990, both AAWWS and MSIP were renamed Longbow. [3]
AH-64 Apache in flight. The AH-64 Apache has a four-blade main rotor and a four-blade tail rotor. [41] The crew sits in tandem, with the pilot sitting behind and above the co-pilot/gunner. [42] Both crew members are capable of flying the aircraft and performing methods of weapon engagements independently. [43]
TESS was an advanced weapons training system developed for the AH-64 Apache to support force-on-force and force-on-target live training at U.S. Army Combat Training Centers (CTCs), Aviation Home Stations, and deployed locations. [2] TESS integrates with aircraft and ground vehicles to provide collective opposing force participation in live ...
The Apache Arrowhead (also Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor or M-TADS/PNVS), is an integrated targeting and night vision system developed by Lockheed Martin for the Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter.
Turkish T129 ATAK helicopter with two air-to-air Stinger missiles mounted under-wing. The Air-to-Air Stinger (ATAS) [1] (also unofficially called AIM-92 Stinger) is an air-to-air missile system developed from the shoulder-launched FIM-92 Stinger, for use on helicopters such as the AH-64 Apache, T129 ATAK, [2] Eurocopter Tiger, and also UAVs such as the MQ-1 Predator.
The M97A1 (and possibly the M97) was fitted to the AH-1S Upgunned Cobra, the M97A2/A3 to the AH-1S Modernized Cobra (AH-1F), and the M97A4 to production AH-1Fs. [75] Other sources say that the M97A3 was refitted to AH-1E ECAS and the M97A2 was the initial armament for the AH-1S Modernized Cobra, agreeing that the M97A1 was the original fit to ...
TADS / PNVS on a Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter. The Target Acquisition and Designation Sights, Pilot Night Vision System (TADS/PNVS) is the combined sensor and targeting unit fitted to the Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter. Both systems are independent, but housed together.
One of Missiles and Fire Control's most lucrative program is the TADS/PNVS (Target Acquisition Designation Sight, Pilot Night Vision System) program for the AH-64 Apache helicopter. The second generation M-TADS (also known as Arrowhead) is now being fielded to United States Army and foreign customers. [10]