Bell pitches Viper, Venom helos to Australia

摘要

Bell Helicopter is offering its AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom platforms to Australia based on the commonality between the two types and the interoperability they afford with the US Marine Corps (USMC). Speaking to Jane's at the Avalon Airshow on 2 March, Bell's vice-president of global military business development, Keith Flail, said that the company has held discussions with the Australian Department of Defence (DoD) on offering its AH-1Z attack platform as a potential replacement for the Airbus Helicopters Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) and plans to offer its UH-1Y utility platform as a special operations forces (SOF) solution.