Echodyne and Moog have announced the results of testing of their defensive systems to counter small offensive UAS weapons.
The Operation Condor Rebirth demonstration exercise was conducted at Fort Hood, Texas in late March and the team included Moog (RIwP and AI targeting), Echodyne (EchoShield radar), and Picogrid (Legion data platform for connected mission systems). The goal was to deliver rapid integration of new systems into a secure Army network and validate against simulated threats in live-fire scenarios.
Capabilities tested included: live detection, lock on with precision tracking, and successfully engaging of Group 1-3 UAS threats in less than 3 seconds; combined AI targeting, wireless fire control, and radar integration across mission equipment capabilities for defense against small UAS weapons; AI targeting for passive detection, autonomous targeting, track re-acquire, multi-object targeting.
According to a joint company press release the companies: “identified and swiftly rectified critical capability gaps within a simulated battlefield environment” and “proved that combining precision data with AI firing solution computation is a cost-effective solution for rapidly upgrading existing kinetic weapon stations to highly effective C-UAS systems.”
For more information
www.moog.com or www.moog.com/defense.
(Image: Echodyne)
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