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Doosan Awards Northrop Grumman Inertial Navigation Contract

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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently said it was awarded a contract by South Korean military systems and vehicle manufacturer Doosan DST to deliver inertial navigation units for South Korea's new K21 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV). "Unjammable situational awareness in combination with gyro-compassing is exactly what the commander of a modern IFV like the K21 needs to effectively carry out his mission," Norbert Sandner, director of marketing and sales for Northrop Grumman's LITEF subsidiary in Germany, said in a statement. Northrop Grumman…

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