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U.S. Army Exercises $90 Million Option for Apache Avionics Upgrades

By gguarino | January 17, 2013
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The U.S. Army is exercising a $90.6 million option with Lockheed Martin for sustainment of the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) system for its Apache helicopters.

(Lockheed’s M-TADS/PNVS System) 

The fixed price contract is the first of three options under a four-year $375 million performance based logistics (PBL) contract awarded to Lockheed Martin in 2012. The Army uses PBL contracts to optimize system readiness for critical missions.

The electro-optical fire control M-TADS/PNVS system provides Apache helicopter pilots with long-range precision engagement and flying capabilities in severe weather missions, Lockheed said. More

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