The sensor house Hensoldt and the vehicle manufacturer Iveco Defense Vehicles (IDV) presented a sensor composite vehicle based on Iveco's Military Utility Vehicle (MUV) at Eurosatory. The concept demonstrator contains a modular sensor fusion platform that can be used in the civil and military sectors for surveillance and reconnaissance as well as for self- and convoy protection, writes Hensoldt.
The MUV carrier vehicle is an all-terrain seven-tonne chassis with a box body from IDV, which is designed for a maximum payload of four tonnes. In the sensor suite, Hensoldt has brought together sensors with the SETAS, MUSS, Radio Direction Finder and S3-MIMO radar systems that can record and process a large spectrum of information in the visible, infrared and electrical wavelength range. Sensors can be added or omitted upon customer request.
According to Hensoldt, the backbone of the sensor unit is the central processing unit. The system architecture offers automatic information processing, which supports the user in decision-making and ensures operational readiness under all conditions.
From Hensoldt's perspective, the advantage of the MUV concept demonstrator lies in the combination of the connected Hensoldt sensor suite with IDV's highly mobile, reliable and versatile vehicle platform. The vehicle is the first to provide a turnkey solution that combines adaptive detection and classification capabilities with the properties of a vehicle specifically designed for a wide range of tasks.
“Russia’s war against Ukraine shows how important networked high-performance sensors and optical systems are for the modern equipment of our armed forces,” says Andreas Hülse, head of the Optronics & Landsolutions division and managing director of HENSOLDT Optronics GmbH.
Editors / gwh
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