Key elements of the Oerlikon Skyshield C-RAM system include the 35 mm gun mounts (left and right) and the fire control and surveillance system (center) plus the associated command and control system (Rheinmetall Air Defence)
Teamed with Rheinmetall Defence
are Thales Defence Deutschland and Diehl BGT Defence with trials expected to commence at the Meppen testing range early in 2011.
This will network short and long
range reconnaissance sensors with C4I technology as well as effectors including Counter - Rocket and Mortar (C-RAM) systems.
Rheinmetall Air Defence has already completed the development phase of the Oerlikon Skyshield C-RAM 35 mm gun based system that was funded by the German Federal Agency for Defence Technology (BWB) early in 2007.
During trials this successfully detected and neutralised a number of incoming threats including 122 mm artillery rockets, 82 mm and 120 mm mortar bombs and 155 mm artillery projectiles. These trials have been carried out in Germany and Turkey. In May 2009 the German Parliament authorised the procurement of production standard Oerlikon Skyshield C-RAM systems as a contract was then placed by the BWB with Rheinmetall Air Defence. Under the terms of this contract, valued at about EUR 150 million, the company will supply two complete camp protection Oerlikon Skyshield C-RAM systems.
The first of these expected to be completed late in 2010 and is expected to be deployed to Afghanistan with the second being retained in Germany for training and further development work. There is a potential for a further two Oerlikon Skyshield C-RAM systems that could be delivered from 2011 if orders are placed in the near term. Each of these C-RAM systems will consist of a container based command and control system, two fire control systems and surveillance
According to Rheinmetall Defence,
the interoperability of equipment and systems has emerged as a critical factor in coalition operations. Negotiations for the FICAPS contract have been going on since 2005 and the recently announced contract will run for a period of three years.
FICAPS will adopt a “systems of systems” approach and draw on assets to implement a European protection system demonstrator that will feature interoperable capabilities
for defending FOB from a variety of threats.
It will involve increased sharing of both human and technical resources in a joint or combined framework. This will include a variety of ground and air based assets.
Under a separate contract, the German Federal Agency for Defence Technology (BWB) has awarded a German consortium led by Rheinmetall Defence to develop a prototype of a fully networked system for protecting German FOB.
In a typical FOB, the gun mounts would be positioned close to the perimeter wall and the two fire control systems with associated sensors (radar and electro optics) would be positioned higher up for improved surveillance and target acquisition
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