anti-helicopter

Rafael Helispot is/was an Israeli system for non-line of sight infrasound detection and triangulation of battlefield helicopters that was developed in several marks. All I have about it is this: https://irp.fas.org/agency/dod/jason/infrasound.pdf mentions possible further source: "Srour, N...

will the A-10 have a successor that can can preform as well or better thant the A-10?

One of the things that always puzzled me in the 70s was how the West German Air Force replaced its NATO light fighter bomber competition winning Fiat G91 with the Dornier Dassault Breguet Alpha Jet. The Germans had the money to buy a raft of different planes for this role ranging from Jaguars...

FOG-M vs QUH-1 :cool: lucky shooter Jane's Land-Based Air Defence 1992-93

http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/air-space/2016/04/07/air-force-moving-forward--10-replacement/82746220/ WASHINGTON — The Air Force is moving forward with a key step in developing a dedicated close-air support plane to replace the A-10 Warthog, a top general said Thursday. “My...

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1. (BAE) Charger 2. on Project 299 tank chassis 3. unidentified 4. ?

Found today ;D

German project to develop a guided anti-helicopter round for main battle tanks. I stumbled on the SIGNAL article while I was looking for something completely different, so forgive me for just posting the results of a quick google. http://www.afcea.org/content/?q=node/664 It was also covered in...

It seems the Ka-52 series is going back to Kamov's roots. http://www.newsbcm.com/doc/999 While it does not strike me as a great 'coast guard' helicopter, it would be a wonderful 'pirate guard' helicopter. Of course a couple of those in the US Coast Guard, might make the fast boat challenge...

Since the debate on capabilities and such was begining to overcome the LHX thread I thought I would attempt to move it here. To start the conversation I found this little bit over at AW&ST (...

Hi, the RAF selected the Caproni C.22J for the military Specification as light trainer aircraft,the Caproni also planed to develope a single seat version as recce and light attack models and single seat anti-helicopter version armedwith Shorts air-to-air Blowpipe missiles...

Boeing/Sikorsky team

This was a project of the (then) West German Army during the late '80s/early'90s. It was designed for anti-tank and anti-helicopter warfare roles and was based on the hull of the Leopard 1 chassis converted by removing the turret and fitting an elevating arm with weapons/sensors that could reach...

OK I have been a bit slack, thought I would put some information together on the development of PZL's Skorpion SABA. feel free to point out errors or add to it. I will post the information as jpegs.

From Flight International 23-29 May 1990 Bell-Boeing Supersonic combat tilt-rotor. Dual-mode engine incorporating folding rotors and employing jet exhausts. A high speed subsonic version also proposed. In the same page (29) there is information about US Army beyond LH program for an advanced...