Jay Clemens
Honeywell has been awarded a $41 million contract to build radar altimeters for installation in the U.S. Army’s helicopter platforms.
The APN-209 radar altimeter works to indicate the altitude between the nearest terrain point and the aircraft, Honeywell said Wednesday.
“Since 1975, Honeywell’s radar altimeters have helped keep Army helicopters safe in multiple theaters of combat, and dramatically increased performance across missions and in all types of weather and conditions,†said Carey Smith, president of defense and space at Honeywell’s aerospace segment.
The tool features low-probability-of-detection, low-probability-of-intercept and low-probability-of-exploitation systems to help the Army avoid location detection attempts by hostile forces during operations.
