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Orbital ATK wins a $26 mn contract to deliver one AC-208 Caravan gunship aircraft to Lebanon 2905151.
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| Orbital ATK wins a $26 mn contract to deliver one AC-208 Caravan gunship aircraft to Lebanon | |||
Orbital
ATK has been awarded a not to exceed $26,134,804 firm-fixed-price contract
for support of the Lebanon Cessna 208B Caravan Program. The US-based company
will provide one commercial-off-the-shelf Cessna 208B Caravan with a Garmin
1000 baseline glass cockpit, avionics package and Pratt & Whitney
PT6A-140 turboprop engine, the US DoD announced yesterday, May 28. Work
will be performed at Beirut, Lebanon, and is expected to be complete by
May 30, 2016. |
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 The AC-208 Caravan gunship aircraft firing an AGM-114 Hellfire missile |
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Modification
of the 208B Caravan will include an AN/ALE-47 countermeasures dispenser
system, Terma aircraft survivability equipment suite missile warning system,
broadcast microwave system data link system, surveillance tracking and
recording system mission processor unit obsolescence re-design and hard
points on each wing capable of carrying and employing AGM-114 Hellfire
Missiles.
Orbital ATK will also equip the Combat Caravan with an L-3 Wescam MX-15D electro-optical/infrared sensor. An ATK-developed STAR fire control system allows an onboard operator to attack targets identified on the MX-15D. The gunship capability package is part of Orbital ATK's Special Mission Aircraft product portfolio, which provides advanced capabilities to customer platforms, including a roll-on, roll-off palletized approach. The Cessna C-208B is a single-engine aircraft with a cruise speed of 197 miles per hour and a range of about 1,400 miles. Orbital ATK had previously modified the Lebanese-owned aircraft by adding an electro-optical sensor, communications and aircraft self-protection equipment. Lebanon is the second acknowledged customer for ATK's AC-208. The Iraqi air force has received 11 C-208 turboprops modified by ATK. Three serve as reconnaissance aircraft and five are assigned as trainers, and three other AC-208Bs are armed. |
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