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Longbow received a $ 43.4 million contract from the US Army Aviation and Missile Command to provide life-cycle contractor support for the Longbow Fire Control Radar systems onboard AH-64D helicopters.


Longbow longbow

Leading missile weapon of the English from the 14th century into the 16th century. Probably of Welsh origin, it was usually 6 ft (2 m) tall and shot arrows more than a yard long.
 received a $ 43.4 million contract from the US Army Aviation and Missile Command to provide life-cycle contractor support for the Longbow Fire Control Radar Noun 1. fire control radar - naval radar that controls the delivery of fire on a military target
naval radar - naval equipment consisting of a shipboard radar
 systems onboard AH-64D AH-64D Apache Attack Helicopter, D version, with Longbow radar improvements  helicopters. Longbow is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.
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Publication:Armada International
Date:Aug 1, 2007
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