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Marine Corps Completes First AH-1Z Flight Test With Link-16

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, June 7th, 2021

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Marine Corps Completes First AH-1Z Flight Test With Link-16

First flight of Marine Corps AH-1Z with Link-16.

The Marine Corps has successfully demonstrated a two-way connection between the AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter and a ground station using the military tactical data link Link-16, Bell Textron and Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Monday. Adding the Link-16 hardware and software to AH-1Z will allow the fleet of helicopters to share information from its sensors to other weapons systems. The flight tests on the AH-1Z will continue throughout this summer and be followed by Link-16 flight testing on the UH-1Y…

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