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GD Wins Contract To Provide Mission System Equipment For Brazil Helicopters

Wednesday, July 13th, 2016

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GD Wins Contract To Provide Mission System Equipment For Brazil Helicopters

Super Lynx 300 helicopter. Photo: Leonardo Helicopters.

Leonardo Helicopters (formerly AugustaWestland/Finmeccanica) awarded General Dynamics [GD] a contract to provide mission system equipment for Brazil’s Super Lynx helicopter upgrade program, GD said Wednesday.The helicopter’s cockpit will be integrated with GD’s Tactical Processing System and Secure Data Recorder to provide increased performance and capability, the company said at the Farnborough International Airshow.The Tactical Processing Systems integrates a range of sensor and application information for display in the cockpit. This includes graphics generation for up to five independent displays, video…

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