$51.3M to Lockheed for 430 M299 Launchers et. al.
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Lockheed Martin recently announced a $51.3 million U.S. Army contract to supply an additional 430 M299 helicopter-mounted missile launchers (402 USA, 38 foreign military sales) and 376 launcher electronic assemblies for U.S. and international forces. The contract from the US Army’s Aviation and Missile Command, at Redstone Arsenal, AL also includes multiple spares, engineering services and depot support.
Lockheed Martin produces the electronics for the M299 launcher at its facility in Ocala, FL, and Marvin Engineering in Inglewood, CA performs final assembly and test. This order will extend M299 production activity in Ocala and in Inglewood until late 2011, as Deliveries are scheduled to run through the 3rd quarter of 2011.
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The M299 launcher weighs 145 pounds and supports 4 Hellfire II laser-guided anti-armor missiles, or up to 4 Longbow Hellfire dual guidance (laser/radar) fire-and-forget missiles, or up to 16 of Locklheed Martin’s new laser-guided DAGR 70mm rockets. The M299 launcher is integrated on the AH-64D Apache Longbow, Britain’s WAH-64 MK1 Apache helicopters, the USMC’s new AH-1Z Viper (Cobra family) attack helicopter, Eurocopter’s Tiger scout/attack helicopter, and the SH-60B Seahawk.
