ISTEC Providers Restricted is a British firm with 35 years of operationally confirmed expertise within the design, manufacture and provide of advanced weapon integration options and smoke discharger methods (SDS) for navy platforms. ISTEC has been chosen to offer the SDS for the British Military’s new M270 MLRS A2. At DVD, in September 2024, ISTEC introduced the supply of 65 GPMG gun mounts for MLRS A2 and the mixed contract worth provided by way of the NATO Help and Procurement Company (NSPA) catalogue exceeds £1.5 million.
ISTEC has an extended historical past of delivering weapon integration options for crew-served weapons corresponding to HMG and MMG throughout Land, Sea and Air domains and has an in depth operational pedigree having provided gun mounts for key operational automobiles corresponding to WMIK, Mastiff, Viking and Jackal used for Land operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Nonetheless, ISTEC has additionally been offering bespoke platform SDS since 2018 and their methods have been fitted to specialist gentle strike automobiles so even have an in depth operationally confirmed pedigree.
An efficient SDS is crucial to boost the MLRS A2’s survivability by offering speedy and efficient smoke screens to obscure the automobile from enemy statement and concentrating on. The smoke might be deployed shortly from underneath safety to create visible and infrared concealment, disrupting the enemy’s line-of-sight and steering methods. This safety functionality is essential throughout manoeuvres involved, permitting the automobile to re-position whereas decreasing the danger of being hit.
The brand new MLRS A2 will probably be fitted with the ISL 66SD/4 which is a four-barrel vehicle-mounted SDS able to firing all natures of UK in-service 66mm munitions. Nonetheless, ISTEC SDS can are available a number of configurations as required by the platform together with 2, 3 and 4 barrel setups. The ISL 66SD vary has been designed to make sure each the bottom plate and canister connectors are suitable with the UK in-service 66mm No12 Mk8 smoke discharger (twin pole) to minimise the logistic burden.
The system is provided with the ISTEC Fireplace Management Unit which has 4 firing buttons, an arming security cowl and NVD suitable colour-coded LED indicators to indicate the standing of every pod.
Adrian Webster, Operations Supervisor at ISTEC mentioned, “We’re extraordinarily happy to have received this necessary contract to assist equip the UK’s new MLRS A2 platform with the absolute best defensive suite of smoke dischargers. Our in depth expertise in adapting options to fulfill automobile geometry and structure necessities, coupled with our long-standing historical past with each NSPA and the MLRS platform, makes this an thrilling alternative.” He added, “This undertaking, mixed with the weapons mount methods, additional enhances the UK’s defence capabilities with cutting-edge expertise, supporting nationwide safety and the operational effectiveness of the MLRS A2.”
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