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Army

Army Buys Lockheed Martin GyroLink System For MRAPs

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 31st, 2012

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said it was awarded a $21.4 million contract from the Army for its commercial GyroLink™ system for the Remote-Vehicle Optics Sensor System (R-VOSS) program. The equipment will be produced at the Lockheed Martin Gyrocam Systems facility in Sarasota, Fla., and be installed on MRAP vehicles starting in July 2012. GyroLink provides a real-time full motion video network that transmits video across military vehicles at significant distances. This allows members of a route-clearance patrol to use monitors…

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