Post Tagged with: "C-RAM"
MBDA Laser Demonstrator Proves Its Air Defence Capabilities
On 9th October 2012, MBDA Germany completed a further major step towards a laser weapon system capable of providing air defence. For the first time, the company’s high-energy laser demonstrator was used to demonstrate the complete deployment sequence in countering rockets, artillery and mortar shells (C-RAM). Using 40 kW of laser power, the laser demonstrator [...]
Australia Deploys Giraffe Radars Protecting Troops In Afghanistan
Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare today announced that two new Counter Rocket Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) Giraffe radars have been delivered and are currently in operation at the multinational base Tarin Kot in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. “The Giraffe radars provide our troops with early detection of attacks from enemy rockets, artillery and mortars, protecting [...]
MBDA Germany Prepares the Way for C- RAM Laser Weapon System
The ability to direct 10 kW laser power over a long distance and reach a target with a high quality beam is a decisive forward step. MBDA Germany has conducted several successful tests with its laser demonstrator. This is evidence of major progress in terms of achieving a C-RAM (Counter Rocket, Artillery, Mortar) laser weapon [...]


