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The US Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a follow-on production contract worth $311m for Arrowhead, the new electro-optical system for AH-64 Apache combat helicopter pilots.

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a follow-on production contract for Arrowhead, the new electro-optical system for AH-64 Apache combat helicopter pilots.

The contract, valued at $311m, was signed during a ceremony at the US Army Aviation and Missile Command in Huntsville, Alabama on February 28.

The Lot 4 agreement authorises production of 158 Arrowhead kits for some of the remaining US Army and foreign military sales inventory, as well as wartime replacement Modernised Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) systems for new aircraft. The contract also includes spares for both.

The Arrowhead kit modernises the US Army’s TADS/PNVS – known as the “eyes of the Apache” – for the 21st century by upgrading the infrared sensors and associated electronics.

‘The Lot 4 award continues our partnership with US Army Aviation to expand the capabilities of Apache aviators with next-generation FLIR target acquisition/designation and night pilotage,’ said Bob Gunning, Apache Fire Control program director at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control.

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