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Horizon

Country of Origin: France

The Horizon (helicoptere d'observation radar et d'investigation sur zone) is a helicopter-borne battlefield surveillance and target designation radar that is flown in modified Aerospatiale AS 532 Super Pumas. Horizon is a follow-on, but scaled-down version of the Orchidee (observatoire ra dar coherent heliporte d'investigation des elements ennemis) battlefield radar (see "Variants," below).

The Orchidee program was canceled in August of 1990 for cost reasons, but operational...

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