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400th JV Longbow FCR Delivered, Prepares For Block III Production

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Friday, December 17th, 2010

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By Ann Roosevelt Longbow LLC, a Lockheed Martin [LMT]-Northrop Grumman [NOC] joint venture, yesterday delivered to the Army the 400th Longbow Fire Control Radar (FCR) for the Boeing [BA] AH-64 Apache attack helicopter. The Longbow FCR provides Apache crews with automatic and rapid multi-target engagement--detecting, locating, classifying and prioritizing the targets. "These capabilities and more combine to enhance the Apache lethality four-fold and the survivability seven-fold," Jerry Garman, Lockheed Martin director of Longbow programs and Longbow LLC president, said in…

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