Escribano Mechanical & Engineering presents new lightweight remote weapon station ASPIS.

Escribano Mechanical & Engineering has developed ASPIS, its new remote weapon station for naval and land use. This RWS has a compact size that confers it a weight of less than 90 kg, being the lightest RWS on the market. It is also equipped with a 7.62 mm M240 automatic gun and a Gatling M134D machine gun of similar calibre.
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Escribano Mechanical & Engineering lightweight remote weapon station ASPIS. (Picture source: Escribano Mechanical & Engineering)

ASPIS is a very light Remote Weapon Station, suitable for land platforms such as armoured vehicles. It can support and operate a 7.62 mm M240 automatic machine gun.

ASPIS includes advanced features present in the Guardian and Sentinel remote weapon stations, including two-axis stabilisation, a target tracking system and automatic tracking. Its electro-optical sensor has an uncooled thermal camera, a high-sensitivity visible camera and a laser range finder.

This system offers versatility for day and night operations and includes an advanced fire control system with high firing accuracy for long and short distances.

Escribano Mechanical & Engineering lightweight remote weapon station ASPIS. (Picture source: Escribano Mechanical & Engineering)

Collaboration with FERRI:

Thanks to its advanced features, the ASPIS RWS can be used on both unmanned land and naval surface platforms (USV). This versatility allows its integration into the Victoria unmanned vessel, developed by the Spanish company FERRI.

This new collaboration agreement between the two companies represents an ideal solution to enhance the security in maritime missions since it allows the detection of standardised NATO targets over 13 km away.

This solution represents an important technological advance that will improve the protection of coasts and borders against several types of threats.