Longbow Gets ROK Apache Contract

Longbow LLC, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, received a $51 million foreign military sales contract to provide the Republic of Korea with Longbow Fire Control Radars (FCRs) for the AH-64E Apache attack helicopter. 

 

The contract includes six Longbow FCR systems, spares, and in-country support. Production is scheduled through 2016, with assembly of the radars performed at Lockheed Martin's Ocala and Orlando, Fla., facilities, and Northrop Grumman's Baltimore, Md., facility.  

 

The Republic of Korea is the 10th international customer for Longbow systems, which are designed to provide Apache pilots with increased situational awareness, survivability and, lethality.

 

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