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ACTIVE VEHICLE PROTECTION
ACTIVE ARMOURED VEHICLE PROTECTION,
OR AN EXTRA SEVEN TONNES?
I Paolo Valpolini
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20
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WHATS UP?
FRANCE, THE STING OF
THE SCORPION
I Paolo Valpolini
COMMUNICATIONS
ROVING VIDEO RECEIVERS
I Peter Donaldson
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NAVAL COUNTERMEASURES
NAVAL SOFT-KILL TECHNOLOGIES
I Luca Peruzzi
COMPENDIUM SUPPLEMENT
GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION
I Wesley Fox
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Index
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I INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
3M PELTOR
AR MODULAR
ARMADA SUBSCRIPTION
AUVSI
AVALON
CARMENTA
COUNTER TERROR
DAIMLER BENZ
DATRON
DSEI
ESRI
GSA
IAI-ELTA
IAI-MBT
IDEF
IMDEX
IMDS
IVECO
KONGSBERG
LAAD
LEMO
MTU
NEXTER
OSHKOSH
PRO OPTICA
PROX DYNAMICS
RAFAEL
RENAULT
SAGEM
TEXTRON
US NAVY LEAGUE
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35
39
21
35
15
47
C2
27
C3
C4
29
43
C2
49
57
53
19
45
C3
13
29
17
15
33
25
C4
9
5
9, 37
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I INDEX TO MANUFACTURERS
Companies mentioned in this issue. Where there are multiple references to a company in an article, only the first
occurence and subsequent photographs are listed below:
AAI
20, 28
General Dynamics
ABBS
16, 18
08
PCO
12
ABDS
17, 18
Geoconcept
12
35
35
Adobe
ADS GMbH
30, 34
07, 11
GeoEye
34
10, 14, 16
06, 11, 13
AeroVironment
20
Harris
AGI
12
Hexagon Geosystems
05, 08, 16
Artis
16
IAI
06
Infoterra GmbH
BAE Systems
56
20, 28
16
07, 10, 12
47
08, 51
06
Intergraph
07, 12
16, 51
Rockwell Collins
20, 22, 26
52
Sagem
Kongsberg
31
L-3
Leica Geosystems
04, 07, 10
Samson
38
Samsung
17
Sarnoff Corporation
34
34
SimActive
04
Lockheed Martin
Teleplan Globe
Luciad
TenCate
18
08, 42, 51
MBDA
08
Terma
54
37
Textron
54, 55
Elta
Erdas Imagine
10
ESG Elektroniksystem
05
Mesko S.A.
12
Microsoft
10, 18
Navionics
26
Finmeccanica
52
FN Herstal
32
Northrop Grumman
Gatling
34
Orbit Logic
06
General Atomics
28
Oto Melara
34, 35, 52
04
06, 07, 08
Rheinmetall
DCNS
Exelis
10
19, 20, 26
Esri
Raytheon
Iveco
Jeppesen
Elbit Systems
Saab
10, 12
28
Rafael
Safran
Carmenta Engine
36, 37
28
11
06, 07, 08
DARPA
13
Qinetiq
36
Jaguar
Damen
Ionic Software
16, 18
51
12, 18
Bundeswehr
Chemring Countermeasures
OverWatch Systems
Nexter
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Thales
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20, 28, 08
07, 08, 12, 13, 38, 46, 48, 56
Transas
27, 28
Vectronix
35
Vricon Systems
33
13
ZM Tarnow
35
PAKISTAN
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The Jaguar is fitted with a Nexter
T40 turret armed with the CTA 40
cannon, two MMP missiles and a
7.62 mm RCWS. Aimed at combat
and reconnaissance roles, the
first Jaguars should be delivered
in 2020. (GME Scorpion)
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I MORALE
The Trophy LV is here seen installed on a Hatehof light armoured vehicle. The top right image
provides a detailed view of the long range and short range sensors while the view below
details the relatively easy integration on the vehicle. (Armada/P. Valpolini)
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Shot though a window at MSPO, this model infantry fighting vehicle displays the position of the main components that make the new Polish
active defence system (the picture on the right shows the same 8 x 8 model seen from the top); the programme is run by the Military University of
Technology in co-operation with industry. (Armada/P. Valpolini)
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LEMO SA - Switzerland
The value of the correlation function of the RPG picked up by the Polish active
defence system radar. (Armada/P. Valpolini)
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Artis is promoting its Iron Curtain in the United States and abroad following the successful
tests carried out with BAE Systems. (Artis)
I OTHER EXISTING SYSTEMS
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The ADS company (74% owned by Rheinmetall, the remaining 26% being in the hands of
Friedrich-Ulf Deisenroth) was one of the first to design a defensive hard- kill system in Europe,
here installed on an MAN truck cabin. (ADS)
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I SOFT KILL
This graph shows the synergistic effect of the two systems, the Zero Schock and the AMPS,
in limiting the effects of an underbelly explosion. (ABBS)
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Looked at vertically these two side-by-side columns of three stills from a filmed test show the
effect of the Tencate ABDS that prevents the vehicle from being tossed up in the air as seen on
the right-hand column. While the left M-113 will not see another day, its crew, on the other
hand, now stands more than a chance. (TenCate)
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Roving Video
Receivers
Originally, Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receiver (Rover)
systems did a very simple thing; they enabled soldiers to view
live video from aircraft via a line-of-sight link. Built and fielded
very swiftly in 2002 by the US Air Forces Big Safari organisation
for Afghan operations, the ancestral Rover has since spawned a
large family and added features such as two-way voice, data
and graphical communication, support for many data link
standards and precise geospatial references to the video.
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Receiving and transmitting in the Ku, C, L, S and UHF bands, the Rover 5 Handheld handles digital
and analog waveforms, is Stanag 7085-certified and features an integral video display and an
intuitive GUI for pre-mission configuration, waveform selection and frequency band control. (L-3)
Rover 6 receives sensor data from multiple platforms, adding transmission and Type 1 encryption
capabilities to enable greater levels of collaboration. Operating in the Ku, C, L, S and UHF bands,
it has two simultaneous reception channels that can be in the same or different bands. (L-3)
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The Rover Full-Motion Video Mission Module (FMV-MM) from L-3 Communications and
Thales Defense & Security adds secure digital and analog multi-band ISR video to the Thales
AN/PRC-148 JEM radio for the dismounted soldier, providing simultaneous FMV and
transmit/receivecapability. (L-3)
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The Mesh Rover Handheld is a small radio that supports dense urban and in-building operations, offering high bandwidth while reducing the need
for the soldier to carry multiple communications devices and increasing their ability to conduct diverse tactical operations. (L-3)
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of and works with the hand-held and vehiclemounted Mesh Rover packages.
Easing the SWaP constraints somewhat
allows more functions into the box. The C2
Rover, for example, is a rack-mounted duallink transceiver designed for air, ground and
maritime use. Besides full motion video, it
handles other data for situational awareness,
targeting, battle damage assessment,
surveillance, relay, convoy overwatch and
other situations that call for eyes on target.
C2 Rover is interoperable with the Common
Data Link (CDL), almost all drones, targeting
pods and other wave forms including the
Raven digital data link.
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disabled by the user for a further degree of security control. The system is also
Network Tactical (Net-T) capable, meaning that it supports direct
communication between Rover 5 terminals.
I ELBITS VIDI, MIDI AND MIPR
In Israel Elbit Systems Land and C4I division has addressed the challenge of
delivering tactical video over diverse narrowband and broadband networks with
its ViDi and mViDi products, respectively vehicle-mounted and manpack video
and telemetry streamers. Using H.264 compression, says the company, ViDi
overcomes the significant technical challenges facing the delivery of streaming
video through both broadband IP networks and narrowband combat net radio
systems. ViDi technology supports half- and full-duplex video with metadata and
voice at the same time. It can generate single or dual H.264 streams from PAL or
NTSC video inputs, each configurable for data rates from 9.6 kbps to 2 Mbps, with
integral recording as an option.
ViDi also position coordinates from its internal GPS sensor and data from the
cameras 3D magnetic orientation line of sight sensor, says the company, enabling
projection of the video footprint onto a digital map, a boon to a soldier who
needs to relate the pictures on the screen to the terrain in front. Both ViDi and
mViDi are part of Elbits Tactical Multimedia Routing (TMR) solution.
Elbits Military IP Radio (MIPR) is designed for even higher data rates,
offering a claimed 13.3 Mbps for transmission of real-time high-resolution
video, images, data and voice traffic, over point-to-point, point-to-multipoint
and mobile ad hoc networks.
Harris offers a Rover L-band receive capability as an option for its its
AN/PRC-117G(V)1C single channel multi-band manpack radio and a
dedicated handheld package in the form of its RF-7800T-HH Situational
Awareness Video Receiver (SAVR).
Covering the analogue L-, S- and C-bands plus the digital Rover-455 Cband and the DDL L-band link for small drones, the 1.27 kg (2.8 lb) SAVR
receives more than 95% of fielded downlinks from aircraft with secure
datalinks (these including the Raven, Shadow and Predator drones as well as the
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Elbits ViDi and mViDi are a pair of vehicle-mounted and soldier-carried military H.264 video
& telemetry streamer for tactical narrowband and broadband networks. ViDi overcomes
the challenges of delivering streaming video by serial communication through narrowband
Combat Net Radio. (Elbit)
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Remote-control Turrets
Remotely controlled weapon stations armed with light and medium machine guns
are becoming more and more popular, as they react to adverse fire without
exposing the machine gunner to enemy threat. Compared to pintle-mounted machine
guns most now also offer the great advantage of stabilisation, and therefore
an accurate fire-on-the-move ability.
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For its current Middle East customer Nexter has introduced a number of
modifications to the ARX20 weapon station, among which a deeper ammo container
with a higher number of rounds. (Nexter)
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Unveiled at Eurosatory, the Gatling gun equipped naval Hitrole 20 is developed by Oto Melara
in team with Siham Al Khaleej Technology of the United Arab Emirates. (Oto Melara)
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AR-20 with LNA
power unit, these adding respectively 250 kg and 70 kg. The architecture
allows however a different configuration to be adopted, with the
ammunition magazine placed under the deck. The ammunition magazine,
interestingly, is boosted, thus the pulling force of the gun remains constant
whatever the number of remaining rounds might be. Fully stabilised,
maximum acceleration both in azimuth and elevation is 250/s, maximum
elevation speed is 110/s while maximum training speed over the 155
training arc is 75/s. The optronic suite is customisable but the basic
configuration is the same as the Hitroles, as it exceeds the 12.7 mm
requirements. The day channel is an in-house product with PAL and HDSDI outputs, 23.6 field of view and x34 zoom, 1.55 m Vectronix LRF
3000 six-kilometre laser rangefinder and Sagem Matis SP thermal imager.
The Hitrole 20, with its fully digital architecture and auto-tracker, can be
controlled from a stand-alone console, or on request be integrated into
the ship combat management system. Alternative weapons under
consideration include the General Dynamics M61A1 Vulcan, which Oto
Melara has tested as part of its gunship solution for the C-27J Spartan, this
six-barrel gun belching out a 4,000-round per minute firepower compared
to the M197s 750 or the ATK M230 LF chain guns similar rate with 30x113
mm ammunition. Oto Melara and SAKT will market the new system
according to their individual geographical spheres of influence, with
production taking place both in Italy and the United Arab Emirates.
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Northrop Grummans AN/TPS-80 radar was designed to replace no less than five
older radars currently in US Marine Corps service. (Northrop Grumman)
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The EL/M-2084 radar owes much of its fame to the high-performance role it recently was
submitted to as part of the Rafael Davids Sling system in Israels defence against massive rocket
attacks from Gaza. This example, about to be despatched, was photographed by Armada at Eltas
facilities. It can also be used as stand-alone version sans vehicle. (Armada/Eric H. Biass)
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schemes that retain the existing travellingwave tube technology for power generation,
but use improved software to provide
increased capabilities.
In 2012, Saab Sensis announced that it had
successfully completed Site Acceptance
Testing of a modernisation applied to four
Hughes Air Defense Radars (HADR)
operated by the German Air Force. First
deployed more than 30 years earlier, these
radars lack the capability to accurately detect
and track some of todays threats, while
maintenance had become most difficult and
time consuming, and costly as a result of
component-obsolescence issues.
Commercial-off-the-shelf hardware was
used to create a receiver/exciter, radar signal
processor, radar data processor and display
function in a single electronics cabinet that
promised to improve detection and tracking
of current air threats, while being easier and
less costly to maintain.
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Thales has developed its SR3D platform architecture to create a series of building
blocks that can be used in a range of new radars. This artists impression shows Thales
Nederlands NS100 E/F-band 3-D naval radar. (Thales Nederland)
To judge from the configuration of the antenna array, technology from the Russian Spoon Rest A
and Spoon Rest B VHF radars seems to have found its way into this North Korean radar shown to
a military delegation from Myanmar in 2008. According to a leaked copy of its report, the
delegation was unimpressed by the level of technology in the North Korean radars it inspected.
(Myanmar Armed Forces, via The Voice of Burma)
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The British company Airborne Systems has provided corner deflectors to the Royal Navy since
1986, with the latest Outfit DLF(3) variant entering into service in 2006. Known as Mk 59 Mod 0
in US Navy service, it began to equip Arleigh Burke-class destroyers since late 2013. The latest
customer is New Zealand as part of the Anzac class frigate systems upgrade project. (US Navy)
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The Israeli Navy has introduced the Rafael Wizard (Wideband Zapping Anti-Radar Decoy)
system, which has been demonstrated to Nato navies in 2007, as seen here. The Wizard is a
free-flight, fin-stabilised, solid-propellant 115 mm diameter rocket that deploys corner deflector
payloads, that distract or lure radar-guided anti-ship missiles. ( Rafael)
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