Germany to send WS-61 Westland Sea King helicopters to Ukraine
Germany has committed to sending Ukraine six of its 21 retiring WS-61 Westland Sea King multirole, amphibious helicopters.
The dual-mode guidance system for Lockheed Martin’s Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) completed a demonstration on 5 February at Eglin Air Force Base.
Lockheed Martin announced the milestone at the AUSA Winter 2014 exhibition in Huntsville, Alabama and said that the rail-mounted guidance section of the missile used its semi-active laser to engage the moving target at 6km.
The tests were funded by the company as part of the US Army’s 27-month Continued Technology Development (CTD) programme.
Frank St John, the VP for tactical missiles at Lockheed Martin, said: ‘The seeker has a semi-active laser [SAL] and millimetre wave [MMW] capabilities.
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Germany has committed to sending Ukraine six of its 21 retiring WS-61 Westland Sea King multirole, amphibious helicopters.
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