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Airbus Successfully Completes FX275 Laser-Guided Rocket Test With H145M Helicopter

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, January 31st, 2018

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Airbus Helicopters announced Jan. 31 it has successfully demonstrated the ability to fire Thales’ laser-guided rockets (LGR’s) from its H145M helicopters.The tests were conducted in Dec. 2017 at the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration flight test center in Älvdalen, Sweden and was the first attempt to try launch Thales’ FX275 70-millimeter LGR’s.“The laser guided rockets from Thales performed incredibly well especially taking into consideration the weather conditions we experienced during the trials which were far from ideal with a lot of…

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