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Longbow LLC To Provide Fire Control Radars For Korean Apaches

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, September 13th, 2013

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The Longbow Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NOC], yesterday 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. Longbow FCR Photo: Lockheed Martin In April, Korea selected the Boeing [BA] AH-64E Apache for the potential $1.6 billion attack helicopter program (Defense Daily, April 18). The contract includes six Longbow FCR systems, spares and…

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