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Army

Lockheed Martin To Build More Arrowhead Targeting Systems

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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

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By Ann Roosevelt NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--Lockheed Martin [LMT] April 7 announced the Army awarded it a $172 million follow-on contract for Arrowhead electro-optical systems for AH-64 Apache helicopter crews. The Arrowhead kit upgrades the infrared sensors and associated electronics on the Army's Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (TADS/PVNS). "It's a state of the art system that won't be equaled for 10 years," Col. Derek Paquette, Army Apache project manager, said at the Army Aviation Association of America annual…

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