Marine Corps Amphibious Attack Helicopter "All-Weather Attack Capability Proven"

[Financial News] The live-fire tests of machine guns and rocket armament to verify the attack capabilities of the Marine Corps Amphibious Attack Helicopter were successfully conducted in the first half of the year.
The Amphibious Attack Helicopter (MAH, Marine Attack Helicopter) performs the role of covering the Marine Corps' amphibious transport helicopter (MUH) during assaults on enemy positions and provides powerful fire support to units conducting operations on the ground.
According to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration on the 14th, the live-fire tests of machine guns and rockets to verify the attack capabilities of the domestically developed Marine Corps Amphibious Attack Helicopter (MAH) were successfully conducted three times in total during the first half of this year.
The Defense Acquisition Program Administration evaluated, "The success of this test is a very important milestone for securing the foundation for the Marine Corps to operate independent air power in real combat," and "It is a key procedure to verify all-weather combat operational capabilities, providing a practical opportunity to confirm the combat capabilities required for amphibious operations."
Helicopter Project Manager Goh Hyeong-seok of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration stated, "The success of this live-fire test proves the core performance for the operational deployment of the amphibious attack helicopter," and "We will thoroughly prepare for subsequent processes such as air-to-ground and air-to-air missile firing tests to complete the remaining development schedule without any setbacks and successfully complete the development."
The Defense Acquisition Program Administration explained that following the successful first test flight of the prototype in December last year and the successful armament test in the first half of this year, it plans to conduct full-scale flight test evaluations focusing on guided rockets and air-to-ground missile live-fire tests in the second half of this year, aiming to complete the development of the Amphibious Attack Helicopter (MAH) by the second half of 2026.
The Amphibious Attack Helicopter (MAH) is being developed by applying the latest avionics and weapon systems proven through the power integration of the domestically developed small armed helicopter (LAH) to the Surion-based domestic amphibious transport helicopter (MUH) Marineon.





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