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South Korea's future AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to be fitted with Stinger missile system | |||
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Raytheon
Company signed a $35 million contract to deliver Stinger® missiles
and air-to-air launchers to the Republic of Korea Army in support of their
recent procurement of AH-64E Apache helicopters. Under the previously
announced foreign military sale, Raytheon will begin deliveries of the
Stinger weapon systems in 2017. |
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Raytheon Stinger missiles will be fitted on South Korea's AH-64E Apache attack helicopters |
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"Stinger
provides vital self-protection capabilities as well as defensive counter-air
protection of aviation and ground forces," said Michelle Lohmeier,
vice president of Raytheon's Land Warfare Systems product line. "Most
importantly, Stinger operates day and night, in all environmental conditions
and allows for the engagement of multiple targets within seconds."
This agreement highlights a renewed global interest in air-to-air Stinger as a key component of attack and light attack helicopter mission configurations. Stinger greatly enhances the capabilities of the aircraft to successfully perform today's missions while countering existing threats. "With the emergence of unmanned aerial vehicles in the battlespace and the key role of helicopters, the evolved technology of air-to-air Stinger is easily adapted to defeat evolving threats," said Jack Elliot, Raytheon's Stinger program director. "Stinger is an immediate- response weapon of choice against a wide range of air threats for protection of both fixed sites and maneuver forces." The Stinger-RMP (reprogrammable microprocessor) Blk 1, the current production version of Stinger, has maintained a greater than 90 percent success rate in reliability and training tests against advanced threat targets. The combination of supersonic speed, agility, highly accurate guidance and control system, and lethal warhead gives Stinger the operational edge against all classes of helicopters, UAVs, cruise missiles, and fixed-wing aircraft. In service in 19 countries, Stinger not only has a surface-to-air capability from land and sea, but also an air-to-air capability that can be integrated into most fixed- or rotary-wing platforms. |
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South Korea's future AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to be fitted with Stinger missile system
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