Photo by Royal Australian Navy Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.
The Bell AH-1Z Viper is the only attack helicopter in the world with fully integrated air-to-air missile (AAM) capabilities. Uniquely equipped with six weapon stations, the Viper can carry a diverse weapons load, ranging from AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles (JAGM), and a variety of laser-guided and conventional rockets. It is also equipped with a 20mm cannon.
With AAM and JAGM assets, the AH-1Z Viper helicopter offer to warfighters the lethal airborne advantage with operational flexibility needed in diverse terrain and missions.
Lethal Aerial Reconnaissance
The Bell AH-1Z Viper sees you before you can see it. The Target Sight System (TSS) allows operators to distinguish friend from foe at standoff range. Rain or shine, day or night, the third-generation TSS, coupled with the Optimized Top Owl Helmet Mounted Display System, provides essential long range target identification and accuracy for lethal strike capabilities at an optimal standoff range.
Weather Adaptability
As the only marinized attack helicopter at the point of manufacture, engineered to withstand the world’s harshest maritime environments, the AH-1Z was purpose-built to meet U.S. Marine Corps specifications to ensure mission success during shipboard operations.
Photo by Royal Australian Navy Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.
Versatile Mission Readiness
The challenging missions have met their match with the Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter. Thanks to its 85% total component compability with the Bell UH-1Y Venom multirole helicopter, moving the pilots between both aircrafts is as seamless as never. The H-1 helicopters delivers reduced maintenance, training costs and supply efforts to support a mixed fleet of aircraft of AH-1Z and UH-1Y, all while being multi-mission capable.
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U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samuel Ruiz.
