Pulse and Lockheed Martin Team Up for Apache Helicopter Imaging System

BRISTOL, Pa., Dec. 26 -- Pulse Specialty Components, a division of Pulse, a Technitrol company, announced that it has been selected for a collaborative development project with Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control to upgrade the combat video imaging system on the US Army's AH-64 Apache attack helicopter.

Pulse Specialty Components will assist in the development of a high-speed digital video transmission system using the Fibre Channel standard, which is part of the modernized Apache target acquisition designation sight/pilot night vision sensor Arrowhead. This infrared system will help extend the Army's Apache program. Arrowhead's modernized targeting and navigation systems allow Apache pilots to fly during the day or night in adverse weather with greater safety and reliability.