LONGBOW APACHE OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOP

Abstract

FY10 funding continues the Light Weight Missile Launcher (LWML) development, testing, and integration. First Unit Equipped is planned for 1st quarter FY12. The LWML will provide weight savings per launcher, commonality, producibility and improved electronics reliability to the Apache fleet. The LWML project was competitively awarded in FY08 as an incrementally funded FFP contract. In addition, the AAH PMO and the Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) mutually agreed to enter into a Technology Transition Agreement (TTA) for the purpose of defining technology deliverables from the Electronic Image Intensifier (EI2) for Pilotage Technology Transition Initiative (TTI) to the Arrowhead Modernized-Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) program. A new camera will provide high quality, Aviator's Night Vision Imaging System (ANVIS)-equivalent (the current Army aviation night goggles) performance imagery that can be fused with thermal imagery for improved nighttime pilotage and situational awareness over a broader range of degraded visual conditions. FY 2010 total does not include any previously requested funding for current FY 2009 Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) requirements, and no FY 2010 OCO funds have been previously requested in the RDTE Project of D12.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2012
• Source ID: D12_0203744A_7_2040_PB_2012

Tags

Readers

• Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

• Microelectronics
• Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems