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ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Northrop Grumman Corporation [NYSE: NOC], received a $181 million contract from the U.S. Army for AH-64D Apache Block III LONGBOW systems. The contract includes the first international purchase of the Block III LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR) by Taiwan, which will receive 15 Block III LONGBOW FCR systems. LONGBOW LLC will also produce 18 Radar...

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army Program Executive Office Aviation, the Apache Program Management Office and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) recently received the 2011 U.S. Secretary of Defense Performance Based Logistics (PBL) Award for the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) on the AH-64D Apache attack helicopter. The team received the sub-system level PBL award, one of three awards given annually to...

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company's Unmanned Aerial Systems Tactical Common Data Link Assembly (UTA) recently controlled an unmanned vehicle from an AH-64D Apache Block III attack helicopter, while both were in flight. The LONGBOW LLC is a joint venture between Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC). During flight tests, the UTA controlled the payload and flight path of a Gray Eagle (MQ-1C) while both the Apache and...

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) successfully conducted the first test firing of its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) reduced-smoke rocket motor, demonstrating the functionality and maturity of the design. The reduced-smoke rocket motor is designated for use on the F/A18E/F Super Hornet and other high-speed tactical fixed-wing aircraft. Aerojet, Lockheed Martin's rocket motor supplier, ignited a static rocket motor at its Orange, Va., facility. The...

ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) successfully demonstrated its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) minimum-smoke rocket motor on fixed-wing aircraft operating in severe weather environments. The motor, currently slated only for carriage on rotary-wing platforms, releases minimal smoke in flight, making it more difficult for enemy ground combatants to track the missile's trail back to the aircraft. The tests were company funded and included two static...

ORLANDO, Fla., June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced today it submitted a proposal in response to the government's Request for Proposal (RFP) for the next phases of the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) program. "Lockheed Martin's JAGM builds on HELLFIRE, LONGBOW and Javelin, three of the most trusted precision-guided weapons on the battlefield today," said Frank St. John, vice president of Tactical Missiles at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. "Our...

ORLANDO, Fla., April 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] announced today that it will respond to the government's Request for Proposal (RFP) for the next phases for the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM). The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command issued the RFP for Engineering and Manufacturing (EMD) and Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) on JAGM on April 13. "Lockheed Martin's JAGM builds on three of the most trusted precision-guided weapons on the battlefield today:...

ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) marked the delivery of the 1,000th Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) system to the U.S. Army at ceremonies held today at Lockheed Martin facilities in Ocala and Orlando, FL. M-TADS/PNVS, also known as Arrowhead®, is the advanced targeting and pilotage system for the U.S. Army's AH-64D Apache attack helicopter. "The M-TADS/PNVS is a game-changer on the...

ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $260 million follow-on production contract for the combat-proven Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS), also known as Arrowhead®, for the AH-64D Apache attack helicopter. The Lot 7 contract includes M-TADS/PNVS systems as well as Arrowhead kits, plus spares, for delivery to U.S. Army and several international customers. More than 1,000 kits...

ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), was recently awarded an $86 million contract from AgustaWestland to support LONGBOW FCR systems on the United Kingdom Apache AH Mk-1 aircraft. "The LONGBOW FCR is an essential element of U.K. Apache operations in Afghanistan," said Jerry Garman, LONGBOW LLC president and director of LONGBOW programs at Lockheed Martin Missiles and...