Earlier this week, rotary-wing maker, Bell Textron TXT Inc., highlighted the passage of the 500,000-flight hour mark for the fleet of AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom helicopters operated by the Marine ...

A couple of decades ago, aerospace giant Bell introduced a pair of attack and utility helicopters unlike anything the world had ever seen: the AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom. For many, they were the ...

The Structural Improvement Electrical Power Upgrade (SIEPU) for Bell UH-1Y Venom utility and AH-1Z attack helicopters will increase each aircraft’s electrical power capacity to support the ...

It's a little over two decades since Bell introduced the world to what ... the AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom. The Viper has been designed from the get-go to be hostile to enemies and take them ...

The last modern UH-1Y Venom, or “Huey,” was delivered to ... While Lockheed Martin and Bell are competing to provide the U.S. Army with a next-generation attack helicopter, the Marine Corps ...

Bell Helicopter and Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to cooperate on the UH-1Y Venom for the Polish market, the company announced on 25 July. This signing is in ...

and modern variants like the AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom, both of which are still in production. One such variant was the Bell 204, the initial variant of the UH-1 which featured a single Lycoming ...

Nearly 400 AH-1Z and UH-1Y helicopters ... on the ground and at sea,” said Nate Green, Bell H-1 program manager. “With the Viper and Venom sharing 85 percent commonality of parts, a major ...

“The Bell AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom provide the backbone of attack and utility aviation support in the various battlespaces in which they are used, so SIEPU comes at an important time for the ...

The UH-1Y Venoms and AH-1Z Vipers will bolster the Czech fleet as the nation's Soviet-era helicopters are gifted to support Ukrainian forces. The AH-1Z (foreground) and UH-1Y are the mainstay of ...