First Production Units for Tiger Antitank Armament Delivered
Unterschleissheim, le 12 février 2002
On 30 January 2002, EADS/LFK Lenkflugkörpersysteme GmbH, the German Missile Company of EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, punctually delivered the first production units destined for the ATA antitank armament of the Tiger helicopter to Eurocopter. The ATA firing post enables the Hot and Trigat LR antitank guided missiles to be launched from the helicopter.
The ATA series production contract awarded to EADS/LFK by Eurocopter provides for the delivery of various firing post assemblies for a total of 90 German and French Tiger helicopters. The first delivery of production equipment comprises components of the ATA firing post which are specific to both Hot and Trigat LR.
"By reaching this milestone in the ATA series production contract on time, we have been able to continue the successes achieved in 2001 in the area of antitank systems. In the last quarter of 2001, under the leadership MBDA we successfully completed the qualification of the Trigat LR warhead and the firing campaign for the Trigat LR ammunition;" states Werner Kaltenegger, CEO of EADS/LFK. Those successes resulted in the Federal Office for Defence Technology and Procurement requesting the industry to present a tender by mid-February 2002 for industrialisation and series production of the ammunition for Trigat LR.
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