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GD Wins Contract To Update Stores Management System For UK Helicopters

GD Wins Contract To Update Stores Management System For UK Helicopters
A Royal Navy Wildcat helicopter from 825 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) in flight over the English Channel. Photo: General Dynamics.

Leonardo Helicopters (formerly AugustaWestland/Finmeccanica) awarded General Dynamics [GD] a contract to update the Stores management Systems (SMS) on the United Kingdom Royal Navy Wildcat helicopters, GD said Tuesday.The SMS update will introduce a new functionality to control two missile types, the MBDA Sea Venom and Thales Martlet. The missiles were previously known as the Future Air to Surface Guided Weapon (FASGW).The contract calls for GD to complete several services including develop new safety-critical software to control the MIL-STD-1760 missile interfaces;…

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