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Glen Burnie Facility to Produce New Radar System
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman announced that a joint venture secured a deal to produce six helicopter radar systems for South Korea.
Northrop Grumman's Glen Burnie complex will be one of the beneficiaries of a $51 million contract with South Korea for a new helicopter radar system.
The company announced Friday that LONGBOW, a joint venture between it and Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin, received a contract to provide South Korea with six new fire control radars for the AH-64E Apache attack helicopter, in addition to spare parts and support.
Production on the radar systems is set through 2015 at Northrop Grumman's Glen Burnie facility near Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, as well as at two Lockheed facilities in Florida.
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"The Republic of Korea is the 10th international customer for LONGBOW systems," Tom Eldredge, LONGBOW's president, said in a statement. "The LONGBOW FCR is a battle-proven radar system that will provide Republic of Korea Apache pilots with increased situational awareness, survivability and lethality."
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