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L-3 awarded contracts for EO/IR turrets

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DATE: 110317 LOCATION: VX-20, NAS PAX – Patuxent River, MD TEST AIRCRAFT MODEL: P-8A BUNO: 167951 ACFT NO: T-1 FLT NO: 52 (WBD Open – Flight 1) MSN NO: 99 PURPOSE OF TEST: Clean Flutter with Weapons Bay Door Open TEST CONFIG: n/A PILOT(S): Christopher Dobb, Boeing CO-PILOT: Ricardo Traven, Boeing CHASE AIRCRAFT MODEL: F/A-18D BUNO: 163434 PILOT(S): “Hambone” Doug Hamilton PHOTOGRAPHER: Liz Goettee, Wyle

L-3 WESCAM has been awarded multiple contracts for electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) turrets.

Among the purchasers of its MXTM systems are the Royal Thai Navy, the U.S. Navy, the Royal Australian Air Force, the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The total value of the contracts is more than $90 million, according to an L-3 WESCAM news release.

In particular, the Thai Navy will equip its Krabi patrol vessels with the MXTM-10MS.

U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command will equip its AC-130J Ghostrider aircraft with the MXTM-20D, which will be used by U.S. Navy and Australian P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft.

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