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Aug. 17, 2010 / 1:49 PM

Army orders more target sensors

Army Pathfinders, assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 101st Aviation Brigade, and Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, pull security during an air-assault mission to search Khost province, Afghanistan, as part of Operation Champion Sword, August 4, 2009. Afghan National Security Forces and International Security Assistance Forces teamed up for the joint operation, targeting specific militants in eastern Afghanistan. UPI/Matthew Freire/US Army

Army Pathfinders, assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 101st Aviation Brigade, and Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, pull security during an air-assault mission to search Khost province, Afghanistan, as part of Operation Champion Sword, August 4, 2009. Afghan National Security Forces and International Security Assistance Forces teamed up for the joint operation, targeting specific militants in eastern Afghanistan. UPI/Matthew Freire/US Army | License Photo

ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $260 million follow-on production contract for night-vision target sensors.

The Lot 7 contract covers the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensors, also known as the Arrowhead, and spares.

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More than 1,000 kits will be delivered with the completion of the Lot 7 contract, which extends production of the system through April 2013, Lockheed Martin said.

The Arrowhead sensors are being used on AH-64D Apache attack helicopters.

The new kits modernize the U.S. Army's current TADS/PNVS, known as the "eyes of the Apache," by upgrading the infrared sensors and associated electronics that give pilots advanced long-range, electro-optical precision engagement and pilotage capabilities, Lockheed Martin said.

"Field Commanders describe Arrowhead as a game-changing system in combat," said Bob Gunning, vice president of Apache Fire Control at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. "Maintenance time is down and operational time is up; reports from users are that performance has been terrific.

"We have a great team working the program for us as the Army prepares to modernize the remaining legacy components of the original TADS/PNVS system."

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