The Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (Fara Reconnaissance Aircraft (Fara) project of the US Army will receive a 20-mm gun capable of “killing” legogencies, in particular, an anti-aircraft rocket and cannon complex (PCPC) of Russian production, Writes American magazine Popular Mechanics.
“The Fara’s intelligence helicopter will be moved along the front line and even rushing into the rear of the enemy, actively looking for enemy targets and hitting the sudden threats to the rapid queues of 20-millimeter shells,” the publication says.
According to the publication, above the corresponding gun, called Sky Viper, work in Northrop Grumman. This weapon was created based on the 30 mm AH-64 Apache shock helicopter M230 gun. Sky Viper’s competitor for the Fara helicopter will be a tool developed according to the Gatling Scheme by General Dynamics.
In March 2020, Vertical magazine wrote that the US Army chose Bell (subsidiary Textron) and Sikorsky (bought Lockheed Martin) to create a FARA replacement contest nearly 200 Multipurpose helicopters Bell Oh-58d Kiowa and half of the Army McDonnell Douglas Park AH-64 Apache.
In February, the American company Bell released a commercial on Twitter, in which the 360 Invictus helicopter kills the promising Russian combat vehicles T-14 and T-15 of the Platform “Armat”.