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Thursday, November 16, 2006

Lockheed Martin's LANTIRN Extended Range Pod Selected by RDAF

Lantirn podLockheed Martin was awarded a $20 million contract by the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) for LANTIRN™ Extended Range (ER) targeting pods.

The direct commercial sales contract is for three new LANTIRN ER pods and upgrades to the RDAF’s 13 existing LANTIRN pods. The contract includes organizational-level spares, maintenance training and pilot familiarization training.

“LANTIRN ER will enable the RDAF to deliver weapons with greater accuracy, enhance target identification and release weapons from maximum ranges,” said Jim Garrison, LANTIRN ER program manager at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. “The system delivers consistently excellent performance during air-to-ground, air-to-air or air-to-sea missions, during day or night, in virtually any weather.”

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