British Apaches To Receive APKWS Rocket System

Apache
Credit: Tony Osborne/Aviation Week
LONDON—British Army Apache attack helicopters look set to receive the Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS) guided-rocket system. The UK has requested the Foreign Military Sale of 768 of the BAE Systems-developed kits which turn 70mm Hydra dumb rockets into guided weapons, the U.S. Defense...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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