Defense Technology International - April 2008 - (Page 26) DISPATCHES GLOBAL COUNTER PUNCH German-made active defense system wards off explosive threats JORIS JANSSEN LOK•BERLIN erman industry is making prog- protected by ballistic armor and other ress in the development of active measures, Kayser says. “You can updefense systems that protect ar- grade vehicles with add-on armor, but mored vehicles against rocket-propelled this means adding weight and reducing grenades, kinetic-energy penetrator payload, and it still won’t stop the threat rounds and some types of improvised from RPGs, anti-tank guided weapons explosive devices, including those firing and kinetic-energy penetrator rounds.” ADS claims that with AMAP-ADS, explosively formed penetrators. IBD Deisenroth and Rheinmetall es- “any round fired from a distance of more tablished the joint venture ADS last year than 10 meters (33 ft.) will be defeated.” to advance Deisenroth’s AMAP-ADS The system has no moving parts, which system from development to produc- means reaction time is determined by tion readiness, says Peter Kayser, the the speed of its electronics—on the order of “milliseconds,” Kayser claims. company’s CEO. AMAP-ADS has an array of electroActive defense systems are increas9093 AW/DTI necessaryV3 18/3/08 12:26 Page 1 sensors that detect and deteringly 134x400 because vehicles and optical crews can no longer be adequately mine the exact bearing of incoming G rounds; a processor that decides which countermeasure to activate; and active, high-explosive energetic units distributed around the vehicle, all linked by a fiber-optic network. The placement of sensors and countermeasure units is so comprehensive that the system can reportedly counter multiple convergent, successive or simultaneous attacks. A light vehicle will typically require 14-16 sensors and a similar number of countermeasure units, says Kayser. A full system of this size costs around €100,000 ($154,000) and weighs about 150 kg. (330 lb.). An armored personnel carrier needs 25-30 sensors and an equal number of countermeasure units. The energetic countermeasures used in the system intercept and destroy incoming threats meters from the vehicle. Kayser declines to divulge how they do this, except to say that each unit “is able to produce a focused, electronically-controlled blade of concentrated, directed energy, which literally destroys the target by cutting it.” “Each target is identified and classified in such a way that the cutting action occurs at the most opportune point for the threat on hand, be it on a projectile’s detonator (for an RPG-7 round), a war- A stronger, more powerful force in integrated sensor solutions. Active imagers GBait, PicoBIL. Burst illumination ladar. Multi sensor turrets EOST, TITAN, JANUS. Fire control systems LINAPS, TURMS, LOTHAR, STAWS. E-scan radar VIXEN E, SEASPRAY 7000 E, Surveillance Mission Management Systems ATOS. Avionic equipment HUD 100, SMD 55, mission computer symbol generator, safety critical computers, non safety crititcal computers, radar altim control systems LINAPS, TURMS, LOTHAR, STAWS. E-scan radar VIXEN E, SEASPRAY 7000 E, SEASPRAY 7500 E, PicoSAR. 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