Swiss-German solution for course-corrected MLRS upgrade
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Rheinmetall and Oerlikon-Contraves have successfully developed the MLRS rocket's new course-correction upgrade, which is based on the Global Positioning System. Rheinmetall and Oerlikon-Contraves completed the new course-correction upgrade under their 1995 contract with the BWB, the defense procurement agency of Germany, to perform a feasibility study on the program. Live-firing tests have shown that the course-correction upgrade can provide the MLRS rocket with precision-strike and in-flight correction capabilities.
Publication Name: International Defense Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0020-6512
Year: 1998
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KE mine protection for tracked vehicles
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IBD Deisenroth of Germany has designed a kinetic-energy and hollow-charge mines protection system. The mine protection system is designed for tracked infantry combat vehicles, armored vehicles and tanks with low ground clearance. The system works by energy management through a 10:1 load attenuation ratio. It reduces the impact of a mine blast on the vehicle and to the military personnel inside it. The bottom protection system weighs about a ton while the lining system weighs about 200kg.
Publication Name: International Defense Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0020-6512
Year: 1999
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German-South African HF radio under development
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DASA Corp of Germany and Grintek Communications of South Africa are joining forces in the development of a high frequency radio system. The CHX400 Phoenix, also called the TR2400 in South Africa, will come in a 25W manpack transceiver, weigh 3.5kg and have a frequency range of 1.6- 29.999MHz. The system, expected to be in full production by 1999, will also feature frequency hopping, automatic tuning, data link protocol, automatic link establishment and automatic uprating.
Publication Name: International Defense Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0020-6512
Year: 1999
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