Lockheed to Upgrade UAE’s Apache Fleet
Dan Arkin
| 03/09/2018
Archive photo: AP
The United Arab Emirates will receive a number of sensors, designators, and processors for its AH-64E Apache helicopters as part of a US Foreign Military Sale. Lockheed Martin will produce modernized day sensor assembly (M-DSA) kits, laser range finder designators, and flight code processors at a cost of $44.8 million.
The M-DSA, also known as Arrowhead, is an electro-optical and fire control system that the Apache helicopter pilots use for combat targeting of their Hellfire missiles and other weapons, as well as flying in day, night, or bad weather missions.
Work will be performed at the contractor’s location in Orlando, Florida and is scheduled for completion by the end of April 2022.
[Sources: Defense Industry Daily, US DoD]
Archive photo: AP
The United Arab Emirates will receive a number of sensors, designators, and processors for its AH-64E Apache helicopters as part of a US Foreign Military Sale. Lockheed Martin will produce modernized day sensor assembly (M-DSA) kits, laser range finder designators, and flight code processors at a cost of $44.8 million.
The M-DSA, also known as Arrowhead, is an electro-optical and fire control system that the Apache helicopter pilots use for combat targeting of their Hellfire missiles and other weapons, as well as flying in day, night, or bad weather missions.
Work will be performed at the contractor’s location in Orlando, Florida and is scheduled for completion by the end of April 2022.
[Sources: Defense Industry Daily, US DoD]
