Although the AH-64 Apache is not intended to be a counter-drone platform, it is important to have counter-drone capabilities because of the prevalence of drones on the modern battlefield. The AH-64 ...
Apaches live-fire tested the 30x113mm XM1225 Aviation Proximity Explosive (APEX) ammo last December, according to a recent Army release. The trials occurred at the service’s sprawling Yuma Proving ...
Manufactured by Israeli defense contractor Rafael, the SPIKE NLOS missile has been in service for years—and has seen extensive combat in the Israeli Defense Forces’ operations in the Levant. In August ...
The US Army has successfully tested new 30mm proximity-fused cannon ammunition aboard the Boeing AH-64 Apache attack ...
Between its various branches, the United States military has created some of the most iconic vehicles in history. Naturally, some models have been promising prototypes that never made it to production ...
For decades, the AH-64 Apache was built to destroy tanks and provide close support to troops on the ground. Now the Army is giving it a mission few expected: hunting drones. The rise of drone swarms ...
Bird Aerosystems says it has secured a contract to develop and test an enhanced self-protection system for the Israel Air Force’s AH-64 Apache attack helicopters. The company said the work would ...
The US Army is turning its AH-64 Apache attack helicopter into a drone hunter thanks to a new 30-mm round for its M230 chain-gun that can take out Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) using a proximity ...
CAMP ADAZI, Latvia — U.S. Army AH-64 Apache aviators with the Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division, supporting Task Force Iron, and soldiers from the NATO Multinational Brigade in Latvia ...
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Dustin K. Wright died in an AH-64 Apache helicopter training accident at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on June 11. (U.S. Army) The Army has identified the soldier who died in an ...