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DSEI 2019 ~ Supacat EXTENDA High Mobility Integrated Fires Capability

High Mobility Integrated Fires Capability [©Supacat: Trevor Sheehan]

Supacat, Rheinmetall and SCISYS partnership are showcasing a new High Mobility Integrated Fires Capability at the DSEI 2019 expo in London.

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Press Release, 09 September 2019: Supacat, Rheinmetall Defence and SCISYS have partnered to showcase a new capability for light forces, the ‘High Mobility Integrated Fires Capability’, at DSEi.

The partnership demonstrates Supacat’s 6×6 HMT platform mounted with Rheinmetall’s MWS81 mortar system in its first integration on a light vehicle. The target acquisition and integrated fire support platform is networked with SCISYS GVA compliant platform and mission software.

Supacat’s highly mobile HMT platforms with their superior off road performance allow users to perform high tempo operations delivering indirect fire for light role forces while the MWS81 mortar capability allows for rapid ‘into action time’. The Vingmate sight provides target acquisition and location during day and night operations, with targets being shared over the battlespace data network enabling Support Weapon effects to be directed precisely onto targets.

The SCISYS developed GVA compliant platform and mission software shares data and video around the platform to each crew member’s display and into the battlespace networks, enhancing shared situational awareness and speed of decision making. The displays are supplied by Leonardo.

“This enhanced capability is a first for light forces and offers a solution to a number of potential requirements among the green army and Special Forces”, said Phil Applegarth, Head of Supacat.

High Mobility Integrated Fires Capability is being demonstrated on the Supacat stand on Supacat’s HMT Extenda Mk2 Special Forces vehicle, which is also making its show debut at DSEi.

Rheinmetall MWS81 Mortar on loadbed of Supacat EXTENDA Mk.2 [© Bob Morrison]
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