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2023-10-01

HENSOLDT’s Solutions Power Situational Awareness

HENSOLDT recently presented its wide range of sensor technologies for the air, sea and land domains at DSEI 2023 in London. The company presented sensor solutions for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, as well as sensors to improve protection of friendly forces and operational effectiveness.

In the land domain, HENSOLDT showcased its solutions for armoured vehicles with the Multi Utility Vehicle (MUV), including innovative optronic systems such as MUSS (Multifunctional Self-Defence System) and SETAS (See Through Armour System). MUSS is a soft kill-based active protection system (APS). It offers infantry fighting vehicles and main battle tanks efficient protection against enemy laser and armour-piercing threats. These can be effectively countered by warning sensors that detect threats from missiles or lasers and initiate appropriate countermeasures. The MUSS self-protection system is already in series production.

While the solution Ceretron combines sensors fuses their data streams, evaluates and processes them in seconds and provides an AI-supported operational picture to the crew, enabling them to make smarter decisions even faster.

The innovative TwinSens sensor solution complemented HENSOLDT’s advanced active and passive land radar sensors portfolio. To enable end users to secure their territory against attacks from hostile missiles and aircraft, HENSOLDT has combined its TRML-4D active air defence radar with its Twinvis passive radar. This solution protects air defence systems against hostile interference by reducing active emission times and, thus, the electromagnetic footprint detectable by hostile forces. Twinvis allows airspace to be monitored over a radius of up to 250 kilometres without emitting radar signals. Mobile and integrated into a small van or off-road vehicle, this radar’s possible uses range from air surveillance during particularly sensitive events to civil air traffic control and military applications.

HENSOLDT also presented its portable battlefield radar solutions from the SPEXER family, designed for delivering early and precise detection data with associated target classification as a basis for engagement of asymmetric threats. For example, the SPEXER 360 is designed for both military and civil applications and offers a competent and affordable surveillance capability. In addition to HENSOLDT’s system technologies, a selection of weapon sights was also displayed.

Protecting Airborne and Maritime Missions

In the air domain, HENSOLDT exhibited its airborne multi-mission surveillance radar PrecISR, along with other sensors such as the ARGOS II electro-optical gimbal, which can be seamlessly integrated into the Xplorer Mission System. The ARGOS-II Airborne Observation System is designed for installation on helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles to provide ITAR-free surveillance (ISR) and targeting (ISTAR) capabilities for military, border and maritime patrol and law enforcement missions.

With MissionGrid, HENSOLDT highlighted a scalable mission system that takes full advantage of the rich feature set provided by the company’s radar and electro-optic sensor range. Combined with data fusion and mission management software, MissionGrid provides a capability increase that enables a single aircraft to fly multiple missions.

In the maritime domain, HENSOLDT showcased the SharpEye range of 2D navigation radars and Integrated Navigation Bridge System (INBS). These systems are used extensively by the UK Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

The SharpEye submarine radars are available in a downmast hull penetrating solution and an upmast non-hull-penetrating compact radar solution. The submarine radar solutions offer the maritime industry the same performance advantages in clutter as the surface ship variants but are specifically designed for submarine applications. The company also presented a range of multi-sensor optronic masts for submarines, such as the OMS 150 and OMS 300. The OMS 150 system distinguishes itself through its comprehensive combination of the latest optronics sensor technology. It has the capability to conduct a 360-degree quick look round (QLR) in three seconds.

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