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Army

Longbow Fire Control Radar EU Takes Successful Flight On Apache Block III

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Monday, April 13th, 2009

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The Longbow Limited Liability Co., a joint venture of Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Lockheed Martin [LMT], said the recent first powered flight of the Radar Electronics Unit (REU) configuration of the Longbow Fire Control Radar (FCR) onboard an AH-64D Apache Block III prototype attack helicopter was successful. The Longbow REU configuration will be fielded on the Apache Block III aircraft beginning in 2011. The Longbow Fire Control Radar system enables the Apache Longbow to rapidly search, detect, locate, classify, prioritize…

Congress

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Space

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Congress

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Pentagon

Hegseth Acknowledges Potential $200 Billion Iran Supplemental Request, Final Figure ‘Could Move’

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