Boeing and MBDA have concluded the live-firing trials of the Brimstone missile on the AH-64E attack helicopter. The testing was funded with money from the British Ministry of Defense.
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MBDA said that over a period of nine months, the company worked with Boeing to integrate the weapon on a AH-64E leased from the Pentagon.
The weapon’s Semi-Active Laser (SAL), Dual Mode SAL/millimetric wave (mmW) and fully autonomous mmW guidance modes were tested while the helicopter was hovering, moving and manoeuvring/banking.