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2021-06-06
HENSOLDT to Equip Netherlands Army with Visual Systems
Sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT recently received an order from Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) worth nearly 75 million euros. The contract is to equip the Royal Netherlands Army’s Fennek armoured reconnaissance vehicles with visual systems. The scope of the order includes 188 BAA II NL observation and reconnaissance systems as well as a number of spare parts.
“Our optronic solutions combine sensors from different technologies to provide armoured vehicle crews with an excellent situational awareness,” said Andreas Hülle, CEO of HENSOLDT Optronics. “In the field, this capability is essential to fulfil the mission and ensure the protection of the crews.”
Next-gen Reconnaissance System
The BAA II is the next generation mission-approved observation and reconnaissance system of German army recon troops.
The sensor head, which can also be operated dismounted from the vehicle on a tripod, combines five high performance sensors: a thermal imager, a high-resolution CCD camera, a laser rangefinder, a laser target illuminator / pointer and a clip-on laser target designator.
The system can be easily integrated into an existing information and command system and can be expanded at any time thanks to its modular design. An automatic motion detection supports the user even on longer missions. The image fusion function combines the data from the thermal imager and the CCD camera to provide a fused image.
The BAA II NL is the logical further development of the BAA II JFST, which is already in use in the Joint Fire Support Team (JFST) of the German Armed Forces. The external dimensions have remained the same and the use and menu navigation have also been left unchanged in order to keep the training effort for the crew as low as possible.
The scope of the contract also includes adjustments to the YellowKite camera, which will be optimised to become a day-vision/near-infrared (NIR) camera with colour vision and will receive a near-infrared cut filter. In addition, HENSOLDT provides a digital outlet.
HENSOLDT will deliver the observation and reconnaissance systems to KMW, which will handle the integration of the BAA II NL and its command-and-control system into the Fennek reconnaissance vehicles. Deliveries to KMW will begin in autumn 2022 with the qualification systems. The series delivery will start in 2023 and is scheduled to be completed by 2027.
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