February 3, 2014: South Korea has decided on the armament for its eight British made AW159 Wildcat helicopters that are being used on the new locally built FFX frigates. These helicopters will carry ...
Back in the mid-1980s, the American military started using an insanely powerful and weird-in-design weapons platform called the Apache. An attack helicopter by trade, the AH-64, as it is officially ...
The US Army have down-selected the Spike non-line-of-sight (NLOS), anti-armour missile system for its mobile, long-range precision strike capability to be used from ground vehicles by infantry brigade ...
Rafael is working to increase the range of its helicopter-launched Spike Non-Line of Sight (NLOS) missile to 27nm (50km), an increase of about 10nm over the air-to-ground weapon’s current capability.
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 ...
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems announced on 4 February that it conducted a recent test firing of its Spike Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS ) missile from an eight-round launcher carried by a Tomcar light ...
The original Spike missile, the Spike-NLOS, was a pioneering weapon in its field. While television-guided missiles existed before, for aircraft, the Spike-NLOS was the first fielded surface-to-surface ...
Here’s What You Need to Know: The original Spike missile, the Spike-NLOS, was a pioneering weapon in its field. On October 6, 1973, over eight hundred tanks from three mechanized infantry divisions ...
Israeli arms developer Rafael has disclosed the existence of a new version of its Spike missile, with more than three times the range of previous variants. Like its predecessors, the Spike non-line of ...
KYSEA approved the purchase of 100 Spike NLOS missiles to arm AH-64A attack helicopters of the Hellenic Army Air Corps, the upgrade of 19 of the helicopters by Israeli company Elbit, and the ...
The U.S. Army is looking for a long-range precision munition for the AH-64E Apache attack helicopter, and the service is hosting a shoot-off later this year with three teams. (Spc. Craig Jensen/U.S.