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SOURCE: Defense Update
DATE: JAN 18, 2008
SOCOM Funds a Defensive Weapon for the Osprey
CV-22 tilt-rotor aircraft will soon receive an interim all-quadrant defensive weapon system based on the Remote Guardian System (RGS) unveiled by BAE Systems during the Modern Day Marine expo in 2007.
The company will develop, test and qualify the system under a U.S. Special Operations Command $491,000 contract. Follow-on deliveries of RGS to the CV-22 fleet will follow, under a $16.3 million growth option.
The belly-mounted remotely controlled weapon system will provide defensive fire protection to all quadrants of the aircraft throughout the flight envelope, particularly during landing approach and egress from a hot landing zone.
DATE: JAN 18, 2008
SOCOM Funds a Defensive Weapon for the Osprey
CV-22 tilt-rotor aircraft will soon receive an interim all-quadrant defensive weapon system based on the Remote Guardian System (RGS) unveiled by BAE Systems during the Modern Day Marine expo in 2007.
The company will develop, test and qualify the system under a U.S. Special Operations Command $491,000 contract. Follow-on deliveries of RGS to the CV-22 fleet will follow, under a $16.3 million growth option.
The belly-mounted remotely controlled weapon system will provide defensive fire protection to all quadrants of the aircraft throughout the flight envelope, particularly during landing approach and egress from a hot landing zone.
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