The US Army has awarded a $142.7m contract to Northrop Grumman to provide more than 500 lightweight laser designator rangefinders (LLDR).
The LDDR is a lightweight, interoperable system that provides a unique capability to forward observers and air controllers, and enables commanders to see the enemy as well as provide range finding and targeting information to other digital battlefield systems.
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The system accurately targets enemy positions and can be operated during day and night in nearly all battlefield conditions, including haze, smoke, fog and rain.
Northrop’s LDDR uses an eye-safe laser wavelength to recognise targets, find the range to a target, and fix target locations for laser-guided, GPS-guided and conventional munitions.
To date, Northrop has delivered more than 1,300 LLDR systems to US military forces operating in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The five-year contract is the second delivery order awarded to Northrop Grumman.
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