EADS N.V. - Défense aérienne tactique

Ground Based Air Defence

ASTER 30 SAMP/T

Jernas

LFK NG

Mistral Coordination Post

Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile
ASTER 30 SAMP/T is a new generation of ground based Medium Range Air Defence systems providing self-defence, projected forces protection and national or allied asset defence.

It is the main anti-aircraft mobile defence weapon for theatre protection, protecting sensitive sites and moving forces against missile threats (standoff weapons, cruise missiles, ARM, TBM) and aircraft.

The interception capability from a few meters above ground and at high altitude (15 – 20 km) has been validated.
The system is fully qualified and the first firing units have already been delivered to the French and Italian customers.

18 ASTER 30 – SAMP/T systems have already been ordered with more than 800 weapons.

MBDA is investing in a new and complementary interceptor, ASTER Block 2, for the SAMP/T launcher. This longer range missile, with different flight trajectories, is aimed particularly at the future ballistic threat.

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Advanced local air defence system for the protection of sensitive assets
The JERNAS area air defence system is based on RAPIER FSC which is in full UK operational service with the Royal Artillery and the Royal Air Force. The system is in production for the Malaysian Army.

JERNAS is designed to engage and defeat the most sophisticated targets, particularly multiple Cruise Missiles delivered from stand off ranges.

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New Generation VSHORAD Missile
The LFK NG has been designed to effectively counter these threats. The missile is optimized for vertical takeoff, direct hits and engagement capability beyond visual range (NLOS “None-line-of-sight”-capability) as well as for use as future SHORAD missile (SysFla).

The weapon system design profits from the complementary capabilities of the team partners LFK and DBD, which allow great synergies to be made available for reduction of development risks of the LFK NG weapon system.

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MCP coordination system
The Mistral Coordination Post (MCP) is used for command, control and coordination of ground-based Mistralunits. Manned by two operators, it performs all weather surveillance at ranges exceeding 25 km, identification " friend or foe" (IFF), threat evaluation and cueing of the subordinate firing units. Up to 12 MANPADS, ATLAS or ALBI can be coordinated by a single MCP, which automayically receives engagement orders and target information via a synthetic voice generation device (BADO). This device can be adapted to a large variety of languages.

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Medium extended air defence system
The ground-based tactical air defence system MEADS (Medium Extended Air Defence System) provides troop protection during out-of area-missions, NATO territory and homeland defence and international crisis management support.

Equipped with two 360° radars (for surveillance and fire control), a state-of-the-art tactical operations centre and up to 72 “hit-to-kill” missiles, the system is operationally capable of covering the entire threat suite up to an altitude of 35km, including cruise missiles and tactical ballistic missiles up to 1000km.

The programme is a joint cooperation between the United States, Germany and Italy. After completing the risk reduction effort phase with a successful system demonstration in 2004, the three participation nations awarded in 2005 to MEADS International Inc., a joint venture between euroMEADS (LFK and MBDA IT) and Lockheed Martin,the contract for the System Design and Development (MEADS D&D Contract). The Preliminary Design Review (PDR) was successfully passed in 2007. The Critical Design Review (CDR) is scheduled for 2009 and the first Flight Test is planned for 2011.

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Low altitude air defence missile designed for all three services
The Mistral lightweight missile was developed to satisfy the requirements for ground-based and naval short-range air-defence as well as to provide helicopters with an air-to-air combat capability.

MISTRAL is an international programme, benefiting from close industrial cooperation with many customer countries.

More than 1 500 MISTRAL 1 and MISTRAL 2 missiles have been fired by many armed force units under realistic operational conditions with a 93% success rate on a large range of targets (from hovering helicopters to high-speed jet-drones).

More than 15,000 MISTRAL 1 and MISTRAL 2 missiles and the associated firing systems have been ordered by 37 armed forces in 25 different countries including eight in Europe, eight in Pacific Asia, four in the Middle East and five in South America.

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Vehicle mounted twin MISTRAL air defence system
ALBI is a vehicle mounted twin MISTRAL air defence system adapted for Light Armoured vehicles (LAV) orArmoured Personnel Carriers (APC) for defence on the move.

It is easily integrated on a large range of vehicles and has an extremely short reaction time (ability to fire less than 15 seconds after the vehicle has stopped).

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Ground based air defence missile system
AA system capable of protecting of vital assets from air attacks conducted in a dense ECM and clutter environment, including precision guided munitions and tactical missiles.

The system is in service in Spain and Italy.

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Vertical launch short range air defence system
Based on the recently qualified MICA air-to-air missile, it combines :

- multi-target capability provided by its Fire and Forget guidance mode;
- very high level of resistance to countermeasures thanks to the possibility to fire missiles fitted either with an active RF or with a passive IIR seeker from the same launcher;
- vertical launch with 360° coverage, due to the Thrust Vectoring Control system (TVC);
- outstanding manoeuvrability, including a possible 30 g at ranges exceeding 12 km, due to the missile’s long chord wings and to the TVC;
- easy integration to launching vehicles, made possible by a storage / launch container;
- the capability to intercept targets at altitudes in excess of 9000 metres.

The VL Mica ground based system is based on an open, distributed architecture, composed of the following modules :

- a 2-man crew, vehicle-mounted launcher, installed on a standard 5-ton class vehicle, which transports and fires 4 missiles,
- a radar, which can be any 3-D, track-while-scan system having a range of 50 km, covering altitudes up to 9000 m and fitted with an IFF,
- a Tactical Operations Centre (TOC), from which the launchers and the radar are remotely controlled and which performs threat analysis, target assignation and system monitoring.

The two versions of the MICA air-to-air missile (IR and RF) are fully qualified and in mass production, thus eliminating all development-related risk.
The design of the vertical launch container has already been validated through live firings.

Further information on the MBDA website