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Northrop Grumman to DevelopLaser Mine Detection System

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MELBOURNE, Fla., April 19 -- Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Integrated Systems and Aerostructures (ISA) sector has won a $40-million contract to develop engineering and manufacturing for the US Navy's Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS). The company said the contract entails approximately three years of work for the Naval Surface Warfare Center; a production decision is expected before the end of 2004. In the ALMDS, which uses a laser-based system mounted in a helicopter, a laser scans an extremely wide path of the ocean while the helicopter flies at high speed. The system generates a...Read full article

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    Published: April 2000
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