■ Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control has received a $385 million contract to provide Arrowhead modernised target acquisition designation sight/pilot night vision sensors for the US Army’s Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopters until December 2010. The company has also won a $133.5 million contract to produce AGM-114K/M/N Hellfire II air-to-surface missiles for the service until August 2009.

■ Raytheon is to provide spare parts and support services for the Boeing F/A-18E/F’s APG-73 mechanically scanned fire-control radar under a $22.8 million contract from the US Navy.

■ AgustaWestland has won a £19.5 million ($37 million) contract to provide the Version 6 operational flight program update for the British Army’s 67 Boeing Apache AH1 helicopters.

■ SEOS is to supply a 220°-wide cross-cockpit display for a Hindustan Aeronautics Cheetah helicopter simulator being built by Macmet Technologies for the Indian army.

 

Source: Flight International