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General Dynamics Taps Northrop Grumman For Tank Sensors

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Friday, February 12th, 2010

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General Dynamics [GD] selected Northrop Grumman [NOC] under a firm fixed-price $18 million contract to supply LRS-2000 Rate Sensor Assembly units for the Stabilized Commander's Weapon Station (SCWS) on the Army's M1A1 Abrams tank. The LRS-2000 is a two-axis rate sensor developed specifically to support gun and turret stabilization applications with low random drift and high reliability. Based on Northrop Grumman's G-2000 dynamically-tuned gyroscope, it functions as part of a larger system that provides added protection from enemy gunfire or…

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