The multinational Israeli Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Will attend the next FEINDEF fair hand of Its Spanish subsidiary PAP Tecnos , showing a large suite of equipment for Wheeled Combat Vehicle (WCR) 8x8 Army.
The offer of this company to Increase survival, maneuverability and lethality of the program is to offer the remote employment tower Samson Mk2 , a new version of the family of remote employment Samson towers, equipment in service more than Currently 5,000 units.
Specifically, the tower designed for the 8x8 program includes a 30mm cannon. coaxial machine gun and 7.62 mm., two independent electrooptical viewers like, one for the head of the vehicle and another for the handle, two LR1 LR2 Spike multipurpose missiles or new and OPTIONALLY, the Active Protection System Trophy . In fact the company offers a variant in Which the tower is built to complement the Trophy system and the missile Spike LR2 .
Rafael offers two additional systems for inclusion in the program Such as tactical software defined radio (SDR) technology and management system FIRE BNET WEAVER Objectives. BNET is a software defined radio Accommodate high capacity data transmission, IP voice or video - based movement and ability to exploit the available bandwidth at all times. FIRE WEAVER is a threat management system MOST Appropriate That chooses the weapons and shooters for each target acquired, always under the rules of engagement and can manage multiple targets Simultaneously and Objectives Allowing Abbe type of time-critical efficiently.
The Company Believes That the combination of the new tower Samson 30, multipurpose missile Spike, the radio and the FIRE BNET WEAVER system Provide the Army would an optimal solution to Increase lethality, protection and maneuverability .
In addition to 8x8, Rafael and PAP Tecnos program currently offer several technologies for integration into different programs, such as active protection system Trophy, missiles multi - edge Spike LR2 and Spike ER2 , which could be integrated into platforms of the Spanish Armed Forces , to be compatible with launchers in service, reconnaissance pods and target designation Recelite XRand Litening 5 that could be integrated into the Eurofighter combat aircraft of the Air Force and naval towers remote use of 30 mm. Typhoon Mk-30C for possible use in the Spanish Navy ships. (José Mª García Navarro)