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Northrop Grumman To Supply AHRS For European UCAV

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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently announced it was awarded a contract by Saab Aerosystems to deliver Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS) for the NEURON European unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator. The LCR-100 AHRS units will be built by the company's German navigation systems subsidiary, Northrop Grumman LITEF. The LCR-100 Gyrocompass AHRS is a North-finding attitude and heading reference system based on a state-of-the-art fiber-optic gyro and micro-electromechanical (MEMS) accelerometers. This commercial off-the-shelf equipment provides accurate and uninterrupted attitude, heading,…

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