16 December 2022 – The Austrian Armed Forces and Rheinmetall have efficiently examined the leased Counter-small Unmanned Aerial System (C-sUAS), which had been delivered in Might 2022, as a part of a sensible train. Rheinmetall’s deployable C-sUAS system is presently being evaluated by the Austrian Armed Forces alongside different techniques as a part of the Countering Rising Air Threats (C-EAT) undertaking. Following the profitable checks, the Austrian Armed Forces have now prolonged the lease contract by seven months.
After the coaching on the system had been accomplished, the operational functionality of the Rheinmetall C-sUAS system was now to be examined as intensively as doable below actual situations. For this objective, a classy take a look at programme was developed, which included each take a look at and practical assault flights by small drones. The intention was to detect and clearly confirm these drones as early as doable utilizing a broadly based mostly sensor combine. A doable battle in opposition to these enemy drones was demonstrated by the use of jammers. A particular spotlight was the introduction of the goal queuing gadget by pill from the higher-level command and management system to the jammer operator.
The massive variety of drones used – from commercially out there drones to fashions with jet propulsion to self-built drones managed in response to the LTE cell radio customary – clearly confirmed that trendy drone defence can solely be effectively managed in a community.
“A profitable and intensive take a look at week supplied a large number of necessary insights and experiences,” mentioned Matthias Diem, Vice President Counter Drones and Aviation Markets. “From our viewpoint, the train was an instructive instance of how innovation-oriented armed forces, along with trade, can acquire the required insights to develop and adapt tomorrow’s applied sciences for doable new threats from the air at an early stage. An enormous thanks goes to the Air Drive and Anti-Plane Defence Faculty in Langenlebarn for the nice organisation and execution of this forward-looking train.”
The Austrian armed forces had chosen Rheinmetall’s C-sUAS system and loaned it out for a six-month interval of testing and analysis. In Might 2022 Rheinmetall Air Defence AG shipped the newest model of its quickly deployable counter-small unmanned aerial system (C-sUAS) to the Austrian army. This lease contract has now been prolonged.
The system contains two shelter items, enabling fast deployment on customary trailers and vehicles. The sensor unit elevates robotically and could be outfitted with varied detection applied sciences, together with X-band and S-band radar, passive emitter locator, ADS-B receiver and others if required. An built-in, stabilized 360° electro-optical PTZ sensor gives state-of-the-art verification and monitoring capabilities.
Based mostly on the tried-and-tested Oerlikon Skymaster command and management system, the separate C2 shelter is a totally fledged operator workstation. Skymaster delivers an excellent degree of sensor knowledge fusion and a number of operational features, together with scalability to built-in goal cueing units and effectors for various countermeasures in addition to hyperlinks to greater echelons.
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