France Tests New Hellfire-Replacement Attack Helicopter Missile

akeron missile firing
Credit: DGA
French defense procurement agency DGA has conducted the first test firing of the long-range MBDA Akeron LP missile designed for use by the Tiger attack helicopter and to replace the U.S. Hellfire missile. The firing under the MAST-F project—for Missile Air-Sol Tactique Futur, or future tactical air...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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