Article: Litton navigation system selected for German Tornado aircraft upgrade.

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 1996--Litton has been selected as the navigation system supplier for German Tornado fighter aircraft being upgraded with new avionics equipment.

The development contract has an initial value of approximately $4 million (U.S.), including 10 pre-production systems and options for up to 700 production systems as the United Kingdom and Italy also choose to upgrade their Tornados. Total program value to Litton could exceed $50 million (U.S.).

Litton's LITEF division, Freiburg, Germany, won the contract, with Litton's Guidance & Control Systems division, Woodland Hills, chosen as the major subcontractor for system ...

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