Delivery of the AH-1Zs also comes amid a broader resurgence in interest in modern attack helicopters among NATO’s Eastern European members in response to the conflict in Ukraine — with the possible ...

In creating the AH-1Z Viper platform, Bell has been pivotal for advancing military aviation technology worldwide. Today, the AH-1Z Viper is the newest attack helicopter on the market, designed to ...

Family of single- and twin-engine attack helicopters. Bell has delivered over 2,300 AH-1s and Fuji of Japan produced about 90 under license. The latest AH-1Z Viper is an improved version of the ...

Back in 1962, the United States Marine Corps (USMC) placed its first order for a helicopter Bell was building on the H-1 platform. It was the famed UH-1 Iroquois, also known as the Huey. It was ...

The upgrade is part of the new Digital Interoperability suite that will be later extended also to the UH-1Y Venom. An AH-1Z Viper of the Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (HX) 21 demonstrated for the ...

Bell Helicopter was awarded a $510 million contract to manufacture 29 AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters for the US Marine Corps. The contract amount will also fund the purchase of long lead materials and ...

During Flying The Barn exercise U.S. Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 launched a unique assault formation made of AH-1Z Viper attack and UH-1Y Venom tactical transport helicopters. On Nov.

Bahrain’s first of 12 Bell AH-1Z attack helicopters has been handed over to the US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), ahead of its formal delivery to the Gulf state. “The helicopter will be prepared ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: One Marine recently said the AH-1’s air-to-air role could expand, thanks to the introduction of the F-35B stealth fighter. The U.S. Marine Corps’s AH-1Z Viper attack ...

The U.S. Marine Corps’s AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter possess a little-known capability. In addition to attacking ground and sea targets, they’re capable of fighting other helicopters — and, in a ...