EADS N.V. - Engagement tactique

Advanced Anti-Armour Weapon Brimstone
BRIMSTONE is a flexible, highly accurate fast jet launched weapon, designed to meet the threat posed by modern armour both today and in the future and in a wide range of battlefield scenarios.

In November 1996 the UK MoD awarded MBDA the development and production contract for Brimstone. In October 2003, a successful series of test firings were carried out as part of the final stages of Brimstone's development phase. During one of these tests, a ripple test firing, three missiles successfully impacted on three different targets with an array of armoured vehicles.

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Magnetic signature duplicator Dedale
DEDALE uses current and next generation magnetic signature duplicator technology and activate any magnetically fuzed anti-tank mine.
DEDALE activates mines by transmitting a decoy magnetic signature in front of the mine-clearing vehicle.
Decoy magnetic signatures are pre-programmed during Mission Planning so that all magnetic mines can be safely destroyed.

DEDALE is the only programmable countermine system available. The system is being produced in partnership with GIAT and Pearson Engineering Ltd. It will enter service with the French Army and is available "of the shell" to other customers.

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Infantry missile for short-range combat
ERYX is the first third generation infantry missile available on the market. It is the infantry platoon's main weapon for urban combat and can be fired from confined or enclosed spaces.
ERYX is a wire-guided weapon, for multi-target fire support by point blank firing, and is effective against tanks and all fortified positions over the whole of its range. It is ideal for rapid intervention forces, special forces or commandos due to the fact that it is compact, simple to operate, discreet and provides high firepower.

RYX has been in service since 1993. More than 52,000 ammunition have been ordered to date. Customers include Canada, Brazil, France, Malaysia and Norway

ERYX is a real general-purpose weapon system, with its own maintenance and training equipment

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World leading infantry weapon for medium range combat
MILAN is a medium range wire guided infantry weapon (with a range of between 25 and 2,000 metres) for anti-tank warfare and multi-role strikes against ground targets.

Over 350,000 MILAN 1, 2, 2T and 3 ammunition has been ordered.

MILAN is in service in 43 countries and has 75% of the world market for medium range anti-tank weapons.
It has demonstrated its capabilities in combat. During the Gulf war in 1991, 92% of firings hit their targets.

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Medium Range Weapon System for close combat operations
MILAN ADT-ER is the latest development of the combat-proven MILAN weapon system that has already been selected by over 40 customers around the world.
Experience gained from recent conflicts has highlighted the need for a mobile weapon system featuring the versatility and lethality to engage various types of static and moving targets in both urban and open terrains. Today’s requirements are for a weapon that combines lethality and precision and the ability to address all the threats confronted on the battlefield, from the most heavily armed moving tank to alternative targets such as fortifications and infrastructures.

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Air-to-air combat for helicopters based on the MISTRAL 2 missile.
Atam uses exactly the same Mistral ammunition as the ground-based or naval launching units (Manpads, Atlas, Albi, Simbad, Sadral and Tetral).

MISTRAL ATAM is currently the only helicopter mounted air-to-air missile in full operational service. The system is operated by the French Army Aviation on the Gazelle and is also qualified on the Tigre attack helicopter.

ATAM uses the MISTRAL air defence missile, which is operational with 37 armed forces in 25 countries.

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Precision Fire-and-Forget Weapon System With Multirole Capability
PARS 3 LR is a high-precision fire-and-forget weapon system for engaging mobile and stationary targets equipped with the latest generation of armour protection, field fortresses, bunkers and other high-value targets.

Pars 3 LR has been ordered by the German Army in 2006

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Countermine route clearance system
SOUVIM 2 is a countermine system based on a combination of mine decoying subsystems. It is able to clear 150 km of route in one day. It is particularly suitable for main supply route clearance.

SOUVIM 2 is composed of two vehicles and three trailers. The first vehicle (VDM) carries the stand-off mine decoy support frame including DEDALE magnetic decoy antennas. The VDM is immune to pressure mines because of its specially designed low pressure tyres which will not detonate any mine. It tows a weighted trailer (RDM 1), which detonates mines and secures and marks a track for the second vehicle.

The second vehicle (VTR) follows the lane secured and marked by the VDM, and tows two additional trailers (RDM 2 & 3), which detonate pressure mines deployed on the track up to a width of 3.9 m.

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