Surveillance and target acquisition systems
- Acoustic Sound ranging Programme, which locates artillery weapons acoustically.
- Counter Battery Radar (COBRA): phased array radar to detect and track artillery shells, mortars and rockets, determining their point of origin and impact, procured through collaboration with France and Germany.
- Lightweight Counter Mortar Radar: providing warning of rocket and mortar attacks.
- Mobile Artillery Monitoring Battlefield Radar (MAMBA): medium range radar, mounted on the Hägglund Bv206 all terrain vehicle.
Command, control and targeting software applications
- Defence Targeting Toolset: under development, will provide a suite of targeting software to enhance rapid and effective communication between target acquisition and weapon systems.
- Fire Control Battlefield Information System Application: a software application that provides a comprehensive command and control system for all indirect fire systems.
- Joint Fires Integration: a suite of equipment that provides enhanced precision targeting information for Forward Air Controllers and Forward Observation Officers.
Towed gun:
- 105mm Light Gun: enhanced by improved power management.
Self-propelled howitzer:
- AS 90 155mm self-propelled howitzer: enhanced by improved turret control computer and layer display, the replacement of the obsolete driver console and repositioning of the loader control unit.
Rocket artillery:
- Tracked Multiple Launch Rocket System launcher: enhanced with crew protection measures and underbody armour to increase survivability on operations.
- A GPS guided rocket: has a range of over 70 km, to provide precision delivery of payload with minimum collateral damage.
Artillery Systems is also responsible for managing:
- Collaboration with allied nations to ensure interoperability between artillery command and control systems through the Artillery Systems Cooperation Activities.
- Collaboration with allied nations to ensure interoperability between 155mm artillery systems through the Joint Ballistics MoU cooperation activities.
Page updated 17 August 2011