MBDA and Boeing have successfully completed a series of physical trials and firings of Brimstone on the AH-64E attack helicopter to confirm the feasibility of integrating the missile with the United Kingdom’s future Apache AH-64E fleet. These trials validate a prior UK MOD study contract with MBDA and Boeing that confirmed integration was expected to be low risk.
The programme was funded by a UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) contract, awarded to MBDA in September 2015. It included a range of environmental and sensor compatibility trials, as well as functional and avionic trials to demonstrate new platform software and functionality implemented into the platform and cockpit by Boeing. Boeing performed the platform and cockpit software modifications and managed the trials programme at Mesa and Yuma, Arizona, using a leased United States Government AH-64E in just nine months. All this activity culminated in a number of successful guided firings.
انهت شركتا Boeing و MBDA بنجاح سلسله من التجارب الفيزيائيه وتجارب الاطلاق لصاروخ Brimstone من على متن مروحيه AH-64E Apache الهجوميه من اجل التأكيد على امكانيه دمج هذا الصاروخ على متن هذه المروحيه والتي ستمتلكها المملكه المتحده مستقبلا
وتؤكد هذه التجارب دراسه سابقه اعدتها وزارة الدفاع البريطانيه والتي تقول مخاطر دمج هذا الصاروخ على مروحيه الاباتشي هي مخاطر ضئيله