LONGBOW International Receives $96 Million Support Contract for U.K. Apache Fire Control Systems

LONGBOW International, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, received a $96 million contract in 2013 from AgustaWestland to support LONGBOW Fire Control Radars on U.K. Apache AH Mk.1 aircraft.

The five-year contract includes engineering services, integrated logistics support and an in-country repair capability. The effort is part of the overall Integrated Operational Support solution for the U.K. Apache helicopter fleet provided by AgustaWestland to the U.K. Ministry of Defence. Support services under this contract will continue through March 2019.

“LONGBOW International will provide comprehensive services to sustain fire control radars equipping the British Army’s fleet of Apache helicopters,” said Tom Eldredge, LONGBOW International’s president and director of LONGBOW programs at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control.

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