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Army orders Apache sensors in $49.3M contract

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An AH-64 Apache attack helicopter lands on a road near defensive positions held by A Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, during a coordinated Opposing Forces attack in Donnelly Training Area near Ft. Greely, Alaska in Arctic Anvil 2016, Monday, July 25, 2016. Arctic Anvil is a joint, multinational exercise which includes forces from USARAK’s 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division and UATF, along with forces from the 196th Infantry Brigade’s Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Capability, the Iowa National Guard’s 133rd Infantry Regiment and the 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $49.3 million Army contract to upgrade sensors for the AH-64E Apache.

Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will upgrade the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) with Modernized Day Sensor Assembly (M-DSA) upgrade kits and spares, according to a company news release. The order includes 42 kits as part of Lot 1 production.

“With M-DSA upgrades, pilots can identify targets at farther distances through an additional field of view and extended range picture-in-picture capability,” Lockheed Martin said. “They also now have the ability to view high-resolution, near-infrared and color imagery on cockpit displays. M-DSA also provides a new laser pointer marker that improves coordination with ground troops, and an updated multi-mode laser with eye-safe lasing capability that supports flight in urban environments and home-station training.”

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Michael Peck is a correspondent for Defense News and a columnist for the Center for European Policy Analysis. He holds an M.A. in political science from Rutgers University. Find him at theuncommondefense.com. His email is mikedefense1@gmail.com.