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Lockheed Martin Receives Lot 6 Contract For Apache Arrowhead System

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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

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The Army awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $142 million follow-on production contract for the Apache Arrowheadr system, the combat-proven, Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) for the AH-64D Apache attack helicopter. The Lot 6 contract includes 55 Arrowhead kits for Army Apache helicopters and kits for several international customers. More than 850 systems will have been delivered with the completion of the Lot 6 contract, which extends production through December 2011. "The Arrowhead equipped Longbow Apache is…

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