
Northrop Grumman said on Monday it won a contract from Korea Aerospace Industries, Ltd. (KAI) to provide Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) parts and support for the engineering, manufacturing and design phase of South Korea’s new Korean Mine Countermeasures Helicopter (KMCH) program. The company said it expected the EMD phase of the program to be finished by 2027. The AN/AES-1 ALMDS is a pod that uses pulsed laser light and streak tube receivers to detect, classify and localize floating and…