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Latest Version Of Apache’s Longbow Radar Demonstrates 360-Degree Surveillance, Enhanced Detection Range

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, November 12th, 2019

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Latest Version Of Apache’s Longbow Radar Demonstrates 360-Degree Surveillance, Enhanced Detection Range

Apache Helicopter with the Longbow Fire Control Radar (FCR) above the main rotor. Photo: Boeing

Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] said Tuesday the latest version of the AN/APG-78 LONGBOW Fire Control Radar for the Army’s AH-64E Apache helicopters has successfully completed Follow-On Test and Evaluation II. The two companies, under the LONGBOW joint venture, said the upgraded fire control radar demonstrated a new 360-degree surveillance mode and a detection range twice as long as the previous version. “Our open systems architecture approach allowed us to unlock phenomenal performance without any hardware changes,” Northrop…

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