ALEXANDRIA, Va. – October 14, 2024 – Growth, funding and know-how innovation are the important thing focus on the AUSA Annual Assembly in Washington, D.C. for Kongsberg Protection and Aerospace, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace in Norway, because it continues to serve American clients and lead the world in next-gen, digital networked warfare.
Kongsberg’s technological innovation will probably be demonstrated reside all through AUSA with the corporate’s Built-in Fight Options (ICS) linking a goal sharing community throughout a number of platforms in varied associate cubicles on each ranges of Washington Conference Heart. ICS is a core enabler of contemporary warfare, offering all-domain visibility, command and management. This drive multiplier streamlines sophisticated concentrating on cycles, networking mobility platforms and different belongings for elevated situational consciousness and fight functionality, achieved by way of lethality enhancements, C5I programs integration and inter-vehicle communication. The open and scalable software program resolution is platform agnostic, as demonstrated all through the AUSA present flooring.
Kongsberg’s ICS can be on the core of the Typhon C-UAS resolution delivered to Ukraine earlier this 12 months. The fielded system continues to see operational success in Ukraine with its means to community a number of RWS and sensors utilizing ICS to permit small models to conduct space C-UAS utilizing available weapons and munitions to fireplace on a single drone for a extremely profitable and low-cost kinetic resolution.
As world curiosity in counter-drone capabilities proceed to escalate, Kongsberg will leverage the Typhon community to develop options for various C-UAS downside units, to incorporate a CROWS C-UAS Package that would retrofit the hundreds of Generally Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS) already fielded to the U.S. Military on Abrams and Stryker and to help gentle infantry with present weapons and munitions resembling .50 caliber machine weapons or 70mm rockets deployed as APKWS.
Kongsberg additionally produces the Distant Weapon System for the U.S. Marine Corps Marine Air Protection Built-in System (MADIS), which integrates medium caliber cannons and missiles to supply short-range air protection. This crucial system is beneath contract and transferring into full-rate manufacturing. Kongsberg has lengthy been the only supplier of distant weapon stations to the U.S. Military, and now the Marine Corps is standardizing on Kongsberg lethality options – each {hardware} and software program – specifying Kongsberg distant turrets and weapon stations as nicely by way of its MADIS, ACV-P, ACV-30 and ARV applications.
The U.S. Marine Corps Amphibious Fight Car 30mm program (ACV-30) incorporates a medium caliber turret from Kongsberg. The system continues to endure authorities testing. Manufacturing capability will probably be augmented by a not too long ago introduced enlargement within the firm’s Pennsylvania facility.
Two Armored Multi-Objective Car (AMPV) prototypes will even be on show within the BAE Techniques sales space. One is supplied with the identical Kongsberg 30mm turret because the ACV-30, which might deliver important advantages to the Military and FMS companions when it comes to functionality, lethality and commonality when it comes to coaching, networked fight CONOPS and sustainment. The AMPV Modular Turreted Mortar System (MTMS), which simply accomplished U.S. Military evaluations on the Yuma Check Heart and a profitable demonstration on the Maneuver Warfighter Convention will even be displayed. This second prototype integrates the AMPV and customary prime plate with the Patria/Kongsberg NEMO remote-controlled 120mm turreted mortar system.
Kongsberg is the world chief in distant weapon system manufacturing and has served the U.S. Division of Protection for greater than 20 years, offering crucial distant weapon programs and turrets for land, maritime and air protection applications. All RWS and distant turrets delivered to U.S. clients are manufactured within the Kongsberg Johnstown, Penn. facility and leverage an in depth American provide base. Supply applications embody the MADIS RWS to the U.S. Marine Corps and the CROWS to the U.S. Military. Different deliveries embody Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) to the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps and the NASAMS air protection system for safeguarding the White Home and the Nationwide Capital Area. The highest supplier to the U.S., Kongsberg delivers unsurpassed portions with elevated capability, having not too long ago introduced enlargement at its Pennsylvania facility and the institution of a brand new missiles manufacturing facility in Virginia.
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