Defense Industry News - Sagem Safran |
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Saturday,
March 26 2011, 12:32 AM |
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chooses Sagem’s new Matis MP3 sight to modernize Mistral
firing posts for French army. |
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The
new Matis MP3 optronic aiming sight offered by Sagem (Safran
group) has been chosen by missile manufacturer MBDA to modernize
the French army’s Mistral surface-to-air firing posts.
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Launch unit Mistral infrared homing surface-to-air missile
of French Army
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The contract
covers the development and production of the sight and
its new thermal imager for 186 launching stations, within
a scope of a modernization contract that French defense
procurement agency DGA has awarded to MBDA, prime contractor
for the Mistral missile. Sagem also supplies the infrared
seeker for the Mistral surface-to-air missile.
A critical part of the weapon system, the Matis MP3 is
a day/night sight that significantly enhances the Mistral
missile’s capabilities in several key areas:
- extended detection and identification ranges;
- greater operability under different weather conditions;
- integration of day and night channels in the same system.
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Launch unit Mistral infrared homing surface-to-air missile
of French Army |
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The Matis MP3
sight is a highly integrated unit with a user-friendly
design, comprising:
- dual field IR channel with a 3-5 µm VGA detector;
- dual field daytime channel;
- latest-generation electronics that support image processing
for even the most sophisticated threats, including under
difficult weather conditions.
It is also fitted with a magnetic compass and GPS receiver,
to provide geographic coordinate readings of the target
and enhanced coordination of firing posts within a defense
area.
As shown by this latest contract from the French army,
Sagem offers an innovative and powerful new modernization
solution for short and very-short-range surface-toair
defense systems.
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