BOEING: Boeing to develop electric gun turret for the AH-64D.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-5 May 1999-BOEING: Boeing to develop electric gun turret for the AH-64D (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:040599 MESA, Ariz. -- An advanced electronic turret for the next-generation AH-64D Apache Longbow multirole combat helicopter is being developed by The Boeing Company to make the aircraft's 30mm gun more accurate.

The Boeing ordnance division, based in Mesa, Ariz., has signed a 2 1/2-year, $5 million contract with the U.S. Army to create a lighter weight, more compact turret expected to become standard equipment on the Apache Longbow by 2003. The contract is managed by the Army's Tank & Automotive Command Armament Research Development Engineering Center in New Jersey. The new turret will be part of the 30mm M230 weapon system....