BAE Systems Demonstrates the Effectiveness of APKWS® Against Agile, High-Speed Military Drones
29 Novembro 2022 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
BAE Systems completed additional ground-to-air test firings to
prove the effectiveness of 70mm rockets guided by APKWS® guidance
kits against Class-2 unmanned aerial systems (UAS) that weigh
roughly 25-50 pounds and can travel at speeds exceeding 100 miles
per hour.
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70mm rockets guided by APKWS® guidance
kits went 5 for 5 against agile, high-speed Class 2 drones in
testing. (Source: BAE Systems)
During the demonstration in Southern Arizona, five APKWS-guided
counter-UAS rockets were fired from a containerized weapon system
and destroyed all targets, including fast-moving drones. The test
results further demonstrate APKWS guidance kits’ ability to enable
low-cost, precision strikes against airborne threats.
“Militarized drones are becoming more prevalent in conflicts
around the world, and we’re giving our customers an efficient way
to counter them without wasting expensive missiles,” said Greg
Procopio, director of Precision Guidance and Sensing Solutions at
BAE Systems. “Our tests demonstrate that APKWS guidance kits have
the flexibility to engage a variety of targets to meet the evolving
mission needs of the warfighter.”
The 70mm rockets can destroy Class-2 aerial drones by combining
standard motors and warheads with APKWS guidance kits and proven
proximity/point-detonation fuzes. The resulting precision munition
is a low-cost, supersonic, lock-on-after-launch strike weapon with
a large 10-pound warhead that can destroy large drones in a matter
of seconds with or without direct contact.
Combat-proven APKWS-guided rockets are highly effective against
a variety of soft and armored stationary and moving targets. They
can be fired by many different platforms, including jets,
helicopters, trucks, boats, and weapon stations, and stowed APKWS
guidance kits protect seeker optics from adjacent rocket fire,
unlike nose-mounted seeker optics. APKWS guidance kits are the only
U.S. government program of record for 70mm laser-guided rockets.
The kits are available to all U.S. armed forces, as well as U.S.
allies via Foreign Military Sales.
APKWS guidance kits are produced at BAE Systems manufacturing
facilities in Hudson, New Hampshire and Austin, Texas. For more
information about APKWS guidance kits, visit:
www.baesystems.com/apkws.
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