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Northrop Grumman To Provide Inertial Navigation Units For South Korean Vehicles

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Thursday, March 26th, 2009

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently said it has been awarded a contract by South Korean military systems and vehicle manufacturer Doosan DST Co., Ltd. to deliver inertial navigation units for the South Korea's new K21 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV). The LLN-G1 units will be built by the company's German navigation systems subsidiary, Northrop Grumman LITEF. The LLN-G1 is a hybrid land navigation system based on state-of-the-art fiber optic gyros and micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) accelerometers developed and manufactured by Northrop Grumman LITEF…

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