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MBDA at IDEX 2011 |
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Sunday,
20 February 2011, 09:15 AM |
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MBDA,
TAYLORED SOLUTIONS AGAINST ALL AIR THREATS at IDEX 2011. |
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At
IDEX-NAVDEX 2011 MBDA is presenting its comprehensive range
of ground and naval based air defence systems capable of
confronting and defeating the proliferating airborne threat
extending from traditional short range dangers to the developing
and longer range menace presented by a new generation of
ballistic missiles.
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ASTER 30 SAMP/T Medium range surface-to-air
missile
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In
this respect, MBDA’s Aster missile family will feature
in both ground (SAMP/T) and naval (SAAM and PAAMS) based
air defence systems at the exhibition. Details will be
available of the Aster 30 Block 1 missile which, last
October, registered the first successful ballistic intercept
to have ever been achieved by a European missile. This
missile, which equips SAMP/T, is capable of intercepting
ballistic missiles of the 600km class, the class which
constitutes the main current proliferating and growing
global ballistic threat.
As a recognition of the ever growing importance of the
Gulf countries in the Defence market, MBDA has chosen
for the first time IDEX exhibition to launch a brand new
addition to its range of Air Defence systems. IMCP (Improved
Missile Control Post) is being revealed for the first
time as a new, integrated C2 solution. Full details will
be given once the exhibition opens but in essence IMCP,
featuring a new state of the art radar assembly, optimises
the autonomous or networked command and operation of air
defence units such as Mistral or VL MICA. Based on the
fire-and-forget principle, it is able to deal with up
to 200 targets at ranges up to 80km. In addition, PCP
(Platoon Command Post) will be seen for the first time.
This easily operated new system, working in conjunction
with IMCP, provides the ground based air defence commander
with the best levels of performance and flexibility by
optimising the dual layer command, control, coordination
and information of short and medium range air defence
units.
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VL
Mica sea to air missile defense system
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Mistral
and MICA are highly versatile missiles and, as such, feature
in both ground and naval based systems on MBDA’s stand
during the exhibition. The vertically launched VL MICA medium
range air defence system has been ordered in both configurations
in the Gulf having been recognised for its key abilities
in countering a wide range of single or saturating threats.
As
part of its maritime superiority display, MBDA, with its
CWSP or Combat Warfare System Package for either patrol
boats or logistics vessels, will be presenting another first
for an export exhibition. CWSP was first seen in October
2010 at the Euronaval Exhibition in Paris and is already
drawing a lot of interest from navies around the world.
This new MBDA offer is intended as a response to the growing
need for securing very sensitive coastal zones and for the
self defence of the support ships called upon to operate
in these zones. For patrol boats, the package features the
integrated combination of an air and surveillance radar,
Mistral missile equipped Simbad-RC air defence turrets with
Marte Mk2/N anti-ship missile launchers as well as the vessel’s
guns all remotely controlled and system managed from a console
within the control room. For logistics vessels, CWSP focuses
on the self defence elements |
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MPCV
(Multi-Purpose Combat Vehicle) which deploys four, ready-to-fire
Mistral missiles |
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Also benefiting
from the Mistral missile is MBDA’s highly mobile MPCV
(Multi-Purpose Combat Vehicle) which deploys four, ready-to-fire
Mistral missiles with four more missiles stored in the vehicle
for re-loading. This automatic system has proven its outstanding
capabilities during a number of test firings, most notably
in June 2010 when two Mistral 2 missiles were launched against
two targets approaching simultaneously from two different
directions thereby demonstrating MPCV’s ability to
counter a saturating attack.
Moving on from the air defence
requirement and in recognition of the importance that route
opening has become to military operations, particularly
with the proliferation of IED’s which have now become
part of everyday vocabulary, MBDA will be launching yet
another new defence solution at IDEX. The countermining
system, Souvim 2, which is currently being delivered to
the French Army in readiness for operational deployment
in Afghanistan, will be shown in conjunction with the Buffalo
vehicle as an enhanced capability known as Netted Route
Clearance Capability. This new system of systems, jointly
developed by MBDA and Force Protection of the USA, offers
a highly effective system for land forces responsible for
the clearing of significant stretches of route of dangers
including anti-personnel and anti-vehicle mines as well
as IEDs. Souvim 2 and Buffalo work together in concert to
detect, analyse, mark and neutralise the threat. |
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