together. LockheedMartin signed the original TADS/PNVS production contract on 30 April 1982, and the first TADS/PNVS system was fielded in 1983. TADS contains
the TADS/PNVS (Target Acquisition Designation Sight, Pilot Night Vision System) program for the AH-64 Apache helicopter. The second generation M-TADS (also
(TADS/PNVS) first fielded on Apaches in 1983. LockheedMartin signed the original TADS/PNVS production contract on 30 April 1982, and the first TADS/PNVS
due to Lockheed's presence, employing some 80,800 men and women producing aircraft such as the Lockheed Hudson, Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Acquisition and Designation System (TADS). On more modern AH-64s, the TADS/PNVS has been replaced by LockheedMartin's Arrowhead (MTADS) targeting system