Tag: AH-1Z Viper

Marines Lay Out Sweeping New Vision to Fill Capability Gaps After AV-8B Harrier and AH-1Z Viper Retirements

Marines Lay Out Sweeping New Vision to Fill Capability Gaps After AV-8B Harrier and AH-1Z Viper Retirements, With FASt Also Targeting Post-Hornet Strike Demands

The Asia Live News Service - February 21, 2026
The U.S. Marine Corps is quietly laying the groundwork for what could become one of the most transformative shifts in its aviation history: a single, flexible “capability” designed to fill the operational gaps left by the retirement of the AV-8B...
L3Harris Secures $86.2 Million NAVAIR Contract to Field Red Wolf Long-Range Strike Missile for Marine Corps AH-1Z Vipers

L3Harris Secures $86.2 Million NAVAIR Contract to Field Red Wolf Long-Range Strike Missile for Marine Corps AH-1Z Vipers

The Asia Live News Service - February 5, 2026
L3Harris Technologies and the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) have announced a major milestone in the U.S. Marine Corps’ quest to equip its rotary-wing aviation with long-range, affordable precision strike weapons. On Jan. 30, 2026, NAVAIR awarded L3Harris...
Marines with Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 39, 3rdmaw, fire an AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile at a moving maritime target from an AH-1Z Viper over the Pacific Ocean

Red Wolf Unleashed: AH-1Z’s Hidden Weapon Revealed as L3Harris’ Long-Range ‘Red Wolf’ System

The Asia Live News Service - May 5, 2025
The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has unveiled the L3Harris Red Wolf missile, a modular munition at the heart of its Long Range Attack Munition (LRAM) program. This revelation follows a clandestine test in November 2024, where an AH-1Z Viper attack...