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Air Force Research Lab, Lockheed Martin Sign Tri-Mode Seeker Agreement

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Monday, September 12th, 2011

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The Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) Munitions Directorate and Lockheed Martin [LMT] signed a five-year cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) to assess the cooled seeker for integration onto Air Force weapon platforms. The tri-mode seeker combines a semi-active laser sensor, an imaging infrared (2R) sensor and millimeter wave radar in a single seeker with a common aperture. "We will work closely with Lockheed Martin to leverage their mature seeker technology with some of our novel in-house targeting concepts, said…

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