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Longbow LLC To Provide Fire Control Radars For Korean Apaches

Gally Articola

Friday, September 20th, 2013

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The Longbow Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NOC], on Sept. 12 said it received a $51 million foreign military sales contract to provide South Korea with Longbow Fire Control Radars (FCRs) for the AH-64E Apache attack helicopter. In April, Korea selected the Boeing [BA] AH-64E Apache for the potential $1.6 billion attack helicopter program. The contract includes six Longbow FCR systems, spares and in-country support. Production is scheduled through 2016, with radar assembly done at Lockheed Martin’s…

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