LONGBOW Wins $90 Million Fire Control Radar Contract

The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, has won a $90.6 million contract to supply Fire Control Radars (FCRs) to Saudi Arabia for the AH-64 Apache Helicopter.

The contract awarded includes AH-64E LONGBOW FCRs, spares and support for the Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation Command, LONGBOW FCRs for the Saudi Arabia National Guard and LONGBOW Mast Mounted Assemblies for the U.S. Army.

"Saudi Arabia is emerging as one of the largest international users of the LONGBOW systems," said Mike Taylor, LONGBOW LLC president and director of LONGBOW programs at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. "The AH-64E LONGBOW FCR's new Radar Electronics Unit provides greater processing power and provision for significant growth while reducing weight and maintenance costs."

"The LONGBOW FCR team values our ability to provide Saudi Arabia with a product that will promote greater regional security while providing warfighters with the highest level of protection," said Mike Galletti, director of the Tactical Sensor Solutions-Aviation business unit for Northrop Grumman's Land and Self Protection Systems Division.

The LONGBOW FCR has provided Apache aircrews with target detection, location, classification and prioritization from 1998. In all weather, over multiple terrains and through any battlefield obscurant, the radar allows automatic and rapid multi-target engagement.