Boeing has been given a $922 million contract for the remanufacture of 117 AH-64E attack helicopters, the DoD said in contracts notification release CR-065-16 on Apr. 7.
The 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, recently completed their combined combat aerial gunnery exercise with two German Tiger Attack helicopters from 4th Battalion, Kampfhubschrauberregiment 36.
Two AH-64 Apache helicopters (left and middle) from 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade and one German Tiger Attack helicopter (right) from 4th Battalion, Kampfhubschrauberregiment 36, Fritzlar, Germany, take off from the forward arming and refueling point (FARP). The 1st Bn., 3rd Avn. Regt., recently completed their combined combat aerial gunnery from March 16-April 05, at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Thomas Mort, 12th CAB)
Kalashnikov Concern announced in a press release that it has completed the delivery of Vikhr-1 laser guided anti-tank missile to the Russian Armed Forces. The cost of the contract was approximately $191 million.
The OH-58D carried out its final gunnery practice in the United States on Mar. 29. Members from the 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment conducted their last official gunnery at Fort Bragg as they prepare to depart for South Korea.