Lockheed aims Arrowhead for US Army

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The US Army Aviation and Missile Command has awarded Lockheed Martin a $385.6 million follow-on production contract for the Arrowhead target acquisition and night vision system.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />.

The US Army Aviation and Missile Command has awarded Lockheed Martin a $385.6 million follow-on production contract for the Arrowhead target acquisition and night vision system.

 

Dubbed the “eyes of the Apache”, Lockheed’s Arrowhead is the Army’s Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) for the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter.

 

The contract covers production of 219 Arrowhead kits plus spares for the US Army and foreign military sales. The final deliveries for the US Army’s AH-64 Apache helicopters and international customers will be in December 2010.

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