SELEX Galileo awarded €5m contract to upgrade UK artillery gun
targeting systems
Edinburgh,
8 December 2011 – SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company, has been
awarded a €5m (£4.3m) contract from the UK Defence Equipment and
Support (DE&S) Artillery Systems Team to upgrade the current
Layers Display and Control Unit (LDCU) of the UK’s L118 Light
Gun.
The LDCU is the main man-machine
interface of the LINAPS system, a self-contained, gunmounted
navigation, pointing and weapon management system that is already
in active service with the British Army. LINAPS is a battle-proven
system enabling rapid and accurate artillery deployment in all
weather conditions, day and night while making minimal demands on
the users.
Alastair Morrison, Senior Vice
President, Radar and Advanced Targeting said: ‘The selection of our
LCDU by the Ministry of Defence is a source of pride for our whole
team. The Royal Artillery is on the front line every day and we are
honoured that our capability is helping support the Regiment in
their vital role.’
The upgrade involves replacing the
existing LINAPS interface with a new 10 inch display. Key features
of the system include a touch-sensitive, electro-luminescent
display, powerful processing for fire control and ballistic
calculations and the capability to interface with a full range of
additional sensors and equipment. The system provides a navigation
and fire control capability with minimal hardware content within a
unique single box solution.
LINAPS has been sold to customers
including the UK, Canada, Thailand and Malaysia and was
successfully deployed in current operations in Afghanistan as well
as in Iraq during the second Gulf war. It confers a wide range of
operational advantages, including continuous and accurate 3D self
location with and without GPS and continuous determination and
display of gun barrel direction and elevation.
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