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Army

Lockheed Martin Pathfinder Team Prepares For Army Tests

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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] announced July 14 the Pathfinder flight team set up operations at Felker Army Airfield, Fort Eustis, Va., this week in preparation for the system's developmental and limited-user evaluation by the Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate. Army aircrews will evaluate the Pathfinder system, a state-of-the-art pilotage sensor for cargo and utility aircraft. The evaluation phase, expected to last through November, will assess Pathfinder's performance as a fully integrated advanced pilotage sensor on an Army Reserve (USAR) HH-60L Black…

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