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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Thales launches RAPIDFire, its new mobile air defence gun system

Thales RAPIDFireAt Eurosatory, Thales is unveiling RAPIDFire, a new multiweapon air defence system.

RAPIDFire forms part of the recently launched new package of Advanced Air Defence solutions from Thales that incorporates everything from complete airspace security solutions, command and control, weapon coordination, air surveillance radars down to the mobile integrated weapon systems.

RAPIDFire combines the CONTROLMaster 60 surveillance radar with the CONTROLView command and control module. These are integrated with the multi-sensor stabilised optronic sighting system and the CT40 gun from CTAI, an international subsidiary of Nexter and BAe Systems.

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