Lockheed Wins Contract for New Spy Plane

Posted on: Aug. 3rd, 2004 || Source: globalsecurity.org | E-mail Article | Print Article

The Army awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. a contract yesterday that could be worth as much as $6 billion to develop spy planes that can detect enemy signals and track troop movements.

The unarmed plane, known as the Aerial Common Sensor, will fly 37,000 feet over the battlefield at 400 mph searching for enemy radio and radar signals. The new aircraft will replace two Army planes, Guardrail Common Sensor and Airborne Reconnaissance Low, and the Navy's EP-3E.

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