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Vincent Franchino, test pilot and Attack Division chief at Redstone Test Center in Huntsville, Alabama, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/290491\/built_to_hunt_apache_attack_helicopters_new_30mm_proximity_ammunition\" rel=\"\">statement.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The APEX technology was developed in-house by the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command\u2019s Armaments Center, with support from Picatinny Arsenal and Northrop Grumman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Proximity fuzes have a long history within the U.S. military. 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