EUROPEAN EXHIBITORS-III

The "Andrea Doria" aircraft carrier is being built for the Italian Navy by Fincantieri shipbuilders, for delivery in 2007. Cochin Shipyard Ltd. (CSL) which is building India's ADS aircraft carrier has signed two small contracts with Fincantieri after offers from the latter. 






The Alenia ATR-42MP Surveyor, in service with the Italian Customs and Coast Guard, deploys an Airborne Tactical Observation and Surveillance (ATOS) system developed by Galileo Avionica. The ATOS is managed by a Mission Management System (MMS) based on a a computer developed and qualified by Galileo Avionica. The ATOS system is offered for installation on any other aircraft. Alenia ATR-42 and ATR-72 aircraft may also be converted into freighter configuration with a new 116" x 71" large cargo door for container loading. The Alenia C-27J Spartan is also in direct competition with the C-295.






The Galileo Avionica Seagull Multimode surveillance radar is derived from the Grifo series. It features Air-to-Air, Air-to-Surface, Navigation, SAR and ISAR modes.






The Whitehead Alenia (integrated into Finmeccanica in 1995) "Black Shark" Heavy Torpedo has a completely new acoustic head called the ASTRA as well as a new propulsion system. The torpedo has been selected by the Italian, Malaysian, Chilean and Hellenic Navies.






Whitehead Alenia's Mobile Target Emulator for Torpedo countermeasure testing and jammer. 






(STN) Atlas Elecktronik GmBH are a joint subsidiary of Rheinmetall and BAe systems. The Mine Disposal Vehicle (MDV) SeaFox is used for the detection and disposal of Moored and Ground Mines. It is a wire guided unit for one-shot usage.






SeaHake (DM2) Mod.4, a development of the SeaHake wireguided heavyweight torpedo which first entered service on German Type.206A submarines, Seapike and SeaSpider ASW weapons.






The Bofors 155 mm FH 77B05 L52 towed Autonomous Howitzer will intimidate anyone. Barrel length is 8060 mm (52 cal) with 48 rifles (22,5 calibre pitch) and a chamber volume of 25,4 dm³. Total mass is 13,140 kg. It can sustain a rate of fire of 3 rounds/13 seconds in Burst Fire Mode, 5 rounds/30 seconds in Intensive fire Mode and a sustained rate of fire of >75 rounds/30 minutes. Muzzle velocity (with HEER) is ~948 m/sec with maximum range(HEER) exceeding 40 km. The howitzer can also be equipped with a direct aiming Day-sight or a direct aiming IR/Night vision system. 






This improved variant has an INS to provide reference aiming data for the new Howitzer Computer Unit (HCU) which performs on-board calculation of firing data. The HCU, using an Intel Pentium III 500 Mhz processor, 256 MB of SDRAM and a removable 10 GB HDD, also controls and oversees the laying and firing functions. Other components include the Control Computer Module (CCM), Laser Range Finder (Monocular with 1550 nm laser diode), Muzzle Velocity system, Barrel Temperature sensor and Multi-role Radio. 
 
The gun is integrated with the Indian Bajaj Tempo TD2400 FT 60 kW(at 4400 rpm) engine and be driven independently at a speed of 8 km/h. Max climbing gradient is 50% (27°) with allowable sideways tilt angle being 44°. The gun can be layed in three different modes namely, Automatic laying by HCU, Direct Fire Mode and Manual technician's mode (by joystick) with two additional reserve modes for use in the case of HCU/CCM or INS failiure.

SOUTH AFRICAN EXHIBITORS

South Africa's participation at DEFEXPO was larger than ever before. All large companies, except the state owned DENEL and a number of smaller ones have established some degree of partnership at an international level.






The Umkhonto is a vertically launched IR-SAM with a maximum range of 12 km. The "Mokopa" Helicopter Launched ATGM is still in development.






Various Artillery and Mortar rounds (illuminating) on display. South Africa's defence exports exceeded $250 million in 2001. (16% to the Indian Subcontinent, 16% to Europe, 15% to the Middle East, 5% to the Americas and 32% to other African nations)

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