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Army looks to BAE Systems for handheld laser targeting system

Feb. 28, 2012

Hudson, NH--The US Army awarded BAE Systems a $23 million contract to provide a handheld Laser Target Locator Module (LTLM) that will help foot soldiers identify target locations in daylight or at night, as well as in obscured visibility such as fog or smoke.

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Hudson, NH--The US Army awarded BAE Systems a $23 million contract to provide a handheld Laser Target Locator Module (LTLM) that will help foot soldiers identify target locations in daylight or at night, as well as in obscured visibility such as fog or smoke.

For the LTLM electro-optics contract, BAE Systems officials are providing the company's Target Reconnaissance Infra-Red Geolocating Rangefinder (TRIGR), which helps soldiers determine target coordinates quickly and accurately, explains Bill Ashe, BAE Systems' LTLM program manager.

The TRIGR device for the Army's LTLM contract consists of an optical system, a night-vision camera derived from a BAE Systems thermal weapon sight, a laser rangefinder, a digital compass, and a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. Resembling a pair of bulky binoculars, the TRIGR device weighs less than 5.5 lbs and enables users to recognize targets more than two and a half miles away in daylight, and more than half a mile away in darkness.

Army officials plan to field the first LTLM units to soldiers in the field this month.

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