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RBS 77 Extended Range Aerospace Defense System

System Overview:

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The RBS 77 ERADS is a rapidly deployable, highly mobile upper-tier ballistic missile defense (BMD) system designed to protect corps to field army units, military facilities, and civilian infrastructure from medium to intercontinental range ballistic missiles by intercepting them in their terminal phase with hit-to-kill interceptors. A full RBS 77 ERADS Battery consists of eight truck mounted launchers with six interceptors each, a trailer mounted X band extended long range acquisition and tracking radar which can track and discriminate incoming missiles and update tracking information for launched interceptors, and a fire control and communications vehicle which controls battery operation and which can communicate with other air defense sensors and systems to allow the RBS 77 ERADS system to be seamlessly integrated into a larger integrated air-defense network. The entire RBS 77 ERADS is system is road mobile and can be transported by either ship, rail, or strategics airlifter aircraft in order to allow the entire system to be rapidly deployed around the globe where needed.

Rb 77 interceptor

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• Weight: 2,000 kg
• Length: 6.6 m
• Diameter: 0.56 m
• Propulsion: Two-stage solid fuel rocket
• Operational Range: 1,000 km
• Intercept Altitude: 20-500 km
• Speed: 5.5 km/s (Mach 18)
• Warhead: none- KE hit to kill
• Guidance: dual-band infrared FPA
• Steering: Thrust-vectoring, solid DACS
• Launcher: Trailer based launcher with six canisters

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The Rb 77is a anti-ballistic missile interceptor designed to provide hit-to-kill terminal phase intercept of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) reentry vehicles, maneuvering reentry vehicles (MaRVs), and hypersonic glide vehicles (HGVs). The Rb 77 interceptor consists of a two-stage solid-fuel rocket booster and an endo/exo-atmospheric kill vehicle. The two booster stages employ graphite filament wound epoxy casings with 3-D carbon-carbon nozzles and employs a high performance HNF/AL/GAP composite propellant consisting of 60% HNF (Hydrazinium nitroformate) oxidizer, 20% Aluminum fuel, and 20% GAP (Glycidyl azide polymer) energetic binder. The first stage weighs 1,300 kilograms, has a specific impulse of 270 seconds, and burns for six seconds, accelerating the interceptor to a first stage burnout velocity of 2.4 km/s where the second stage separates and ignites. The first stage employs an electromechanical actuator (EMA) based gimballed nozzle with +/- 7.5° gimbal angle which is used for first-stage thrust vector control. The second stage weighs 450 kilograms, has a specific impulse of 290 seconds, and features a dual-pulse motor with two 4.5 second burns and provides additional acceleration and divert capability for the kill vehicle. The second stage features a thrust vectoring nozzle with a +/- 7.5° gimbal angle and features an integral warm-gas/cold-gas attitude control system (ACS) built into the aft end of the second stage motor which combines a cold-gas system (CGS) using compressed nitrogen thrusters and and warm-gas system (WGS) using solid-propellant gas generators and nozzles which provide roll, pitch, and yaw control while the second stage motor is firing or while the stage is coasting in between motor pulses. The interceptor's endo/exo-atmospheric kill vehicle weighs approximately 75 kg and employs a solid-propellant divert and attitude control system (DACS) for maneuvering. The kill vehicle DACS employs a total of 10 thrusters with variable-area pintle nozzles which allow each thruster to be throttled from 0-100% of maximum thrust for precise in-flight control. The 10 DACs thrusters provide roll, pitch, and yaw control during the terminal phase of intercepts and provide the kill vehicle with over 2.0 kilometers per second of divert delta-V with the ability to maneuver at up to 100 g.

The kill vehicle employs a dual-band imaging infrared (IIR) seeker which is used to provide endo and exo-atmopsheric target discrimination and tracking capability. The seeker uses a radiation hardened 512 x 512 pixel dual-band (MWIR and LWIR) digital-pixel focal plane array (FPA) with a 48 by 48° overall field of view mounted to a 2-axis stabilized AlBeMet alloy optical telescope assembly with selectable wide and narrow field-of view (WFOV and NFOV) modes which are selected in-flight based on whether the intercept is endo or exo-atmospheric. The optical assembly employs active line-of-sight (LOS) stabilization using the 2-axis stabilized telescope and a 6-axis laser-ring gyro IMU to provide sub-pixel image stabilization capability while the kill vehicle maneuvers at up to 100 g. Seeker acquisition range against a typical ICBM RV varies from 40 kilometers for endo-atmopsheric intercepts to over 300 kilometers for exo-atmospheric intercepts. The measurements from the seeker are combined with body orientation measurements from the 6-axis laser-ring gyro IMU based altitude reference system (ARS) built into the kill vehicle which when combined with the DACS thruster system steers the kill vehicle onto the correct interception trajectory after it has detected its target. The seeker window is mounted off-axis to the kill vehicle line of sight and employs a diamond/silicon optical window actively cooled with cold nitrogen gas pumped through internal micro-cooling channels for endo-atmospheric intercepts. The cooling system is designed to allow the infrared window to survive exposure to extreme hypersonic heating and also to provide minimal flow interference so that the infrared seeker can effectively acquire its target. For exo-atmospheric intercepts the seeker window is ejected with non-explosive actuators in order to remove residual heating effects and improve seeker sensitivity. The kill vehicle and interceptor have three selectable guidance modes depending on whether launch commit and target intercept happen in the endo or exo-atmospheric phases of flight including exo-commit/endo-intercept, endo-commit/endo-intercept, and exo-commit/exo-intercept:

Exo-commit/endo-intercept: In this mode a mid-course sensor tracks the target vehicle or target cluster in its midcourse phase while it is still travelling through the exoatmosphere and queues the interceptor to launch where the interceptor then launches and intercepts the target as it enters the upper endoatmosphere. After launch the first stage burns and is discarded where depending on the intercept range the second stage is either immediately ignited (for shorter range intercepts) or the interceptor coasts before igniting the second stage (for longer ranged intercepts). After the first pulse of the second stage burns out the interceptor coasts towards the target where the second stage warm-gas/cold-gas attitude control system is used to steer the vehicle towards the desired intercept point. When the interceptor closes to within seeker range the shroud over the kill vehicle seeker is jettisoned and the kill vehicle's dual-band infrared seeker begins a wide field-of-view (WFOV) sweep of the target area. The dual-band seeker is used to discriminate the warhead from decoys in the target cluster. When the seeker has locked onto the desired target the second pulse of the second stage is ignited and the kill vehicle's solid-propellant DACS thrusters are used to steer and accelerate the kill vehicle towards the target. After second pulse burnout the kill vehicle separates from the second stage and uses its DACS thrusters to perform the final steering and corrective maneuvers before hitting the target.

Endo-commit/endo-intercept: This mode is similar to exo-commit/endo-intercept except the interceptor is launched while the target is being tracked as it re-enters the atmosphere by a terminal sensor with the target intercept happening in the lower atmosphere. In this mode there is no coast between first and second stage motor burns or between the second stage pulses with kill-vehicle shroud jettison and kill-vehicle seeker target acquisition happening during first and second stage motor burn. After second stage burn the kill vehicle separates and the kill vehicle DACS for endgame maneuvering before impact with the target.

Exo-commit/exo-intercept: In this mode target tracking, discrimination, and commit and intercept happen while the target is travelling through the exo-atmosphere in its midcourse phase. Flyout and intercept are similar to exo-commit/endo-intercept mode except the coast between first stage burnout and second stage ignition is typically much longer. In this mode target discrimination is performed by the midcourse sensor with the interceptor correlating its seeker scene in NFOV mode with that of the midcourse sensor for terminal target acquisition and homing. This mode also lets the interceptor act as an ASAT (anti-satellite) missile with the capability to intercept satellite targets in low-earth orbit.

FMG 330 Extended Range Acquisition and Tracking Radar

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• Weight: 30,000 kg
• Length: 13.0 m
• Height: 3.6 m
• Frequency: 8-12 GHz (X-band)
• Peak Power: 1.1 MW
• Average Power: 80 kW
• Instrumented Range: 3,000 km
• Tracking Range (1m2 RCS ballistic missile): 1,500 km
• Detection sector: 120 deg
• Engagement sector: 90 deg
• Target Capacity: 100 simultaneous

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RBS 73 Field Army Ballistic Missile Intercept System

System Overview:

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RBS 73 FABMIS is a fully road-mobile missile defense and area defense SAM system developed by SDI Missiles and Fire Control systems. Designed to complement the RBS 77 ERADS system as the middle tier of SDI designed air defense systems the RBS 73 FABMIS is designed to intercept tactical and medium range ballistic missiles with a range of 90-1,500 kilometers along with aerial targets including cruise missiles and aircraft at all altitudes. Designed from the onset to provide air defense cover for both fixed sites and for corps and above level formations the FABMIS system is highly mobile with all battery elements mounted on SDI 10x10 Heavy Tactical Truck System (HTTS) chassis. An individual RBS 73 battery consists of eight TELs with 64 missiles, an FMG 900 UHF band Surveillance Radar, two FMG 400 X band Multifunction Fire Control Radar (MFCR), and a FABMIS Tactical Operations Center (TOC). Four to six RBS 73 batteries are organized into a battalion which includes a headquarters and headquarters battery (HHB) with command and control, communications, and maintenance units including reloading, power, and repair parts transporters. The RBS 73 Battle Management Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (BMC4I) system manages all FABMIS battery elements and integrates the RBS 73 system with other air defense elements including attached SHORAD and ERADS batteries, AWACS, space-based sensors, and other tactical and strategic assets.

Rb 73 interceptor

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Weight:

320 kg

Length:

6.5 m

Diameter:

25 cm interceptor, 50 cm booster

Warhead:

15 kg lethality enhancer

Propulsion:

Solid fuel rocket

Operational range :

3-250 km

Flight ceiling:

0-40 km

Speed:

Mach 5.5 (1,650 m/s)

Guidance system:

Active radar, imaging infrared homing

Launcher:

Trailer based launcher with twelve canisters

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The Rb 73 interceptor is a two stage, solid fuel rocket powered medium to long range air surface-to-air missile which is designed to intercept missile threats (tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, anti-radiation missiles) and aircraft. The missile is powered by a solid fuel booster and a a dual pulse solid fuel upper stage motor which provides high acceleration and endgame divert and maneuverability capability to intercept maneuvering ballistic missile reentry vehicles and other high speed maneuvering threats. Midcourse guidance is provided by an internal navigation system and command guidance using the battery's multi-function radars. Terminal homing is provided by a dual millimeter wave (MMW) active radar and imaging infrared seeker which provides highly accurate tracking of high speed, low RCS targets in all weather conditions.

FMG 400 X-band Multifunction Fire Control Radar

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Weight:

20,000 kg

Frequency:

10-12 GHz (X band)

Peak Power:

150 kW

Average Power:

30 kW

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Antenna Technology:

Active Full Phased Array, GaN Tx/Rx modules

Antenna Aperture:

20 m2

Antenna Rotation Rate

30 RPM

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Tracking Range (Air Breathing Target):

280 km

Azimuth:

360°

Elevation:

-10°to +90°

Target Capability:

500+ simultaneous

The FMG 400 is a multifunction search and fire control radar is an X band (10 to 12 GHz) 3D solid state digital AESA radarwhich provides precision target tracking and classification capabilities and short to medium range surveillance capability independent of the longer ranged FMG 900 search radar. The FMG 400 uses its main beam for uplink and downlink missile communications through a pair of X band transceiver antennas on the Rb 73 interceptor airframe which provides midcourse command guidance capability for the interceptor. An IFF antenna and subsystem is also integrated into the antenna to support threat identification and classification. The FMG 400 radar can be rotated 360 degrees and is designed for sector surveillance with +/- 60° electronic beam scanning capability in both azimuth and elevation and the ability to track targets from -10° to +90° in elevation.

FMG 900 UHF-band Surveillance Radar

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Weight:

30,000 kg

Frequency:

400-450 MHz (UHF band)

Peak Power:

46 kW

Average Power:

12 kW

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Antenna Technology:

Active Full Phased Array, GaN Tx/Rx modules

Antenna Aperture:

50 m2

Antenna Rotation Rate

6 RPM

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Tracking Range (Air-Breathing Target):

500 km

Azimuth:

360°

Elevation:

-10°to +90°

Target Capability:

1,000+ simultaneous

The FMG 900 is a UHF band (420 to 450 MHz) 3D solid state digital AESA radar that provides extended range a 360-degree threat detection against maneuverable low-signature threats including short and medium-range ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and other air-breathing targets. The radar can be mechanically scanned 360° in azimuth and electronically scanned +/- 60° in azimuth and elevation and can either be operated in a 6 RPM 360° mode with a 550 km instrumented range or a sector surveillance mode with a 1,000 kilometer instructed range. Elevation coverage is up to 40° in search mode and up to 90° in track mode with the radar having the ability to operate simultaneously in long range search (0 to 40° coverage), valley coverage (0 to -10°coverage), and target track modes (-10°to +90° coverage).

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RBS 81

System Overview:

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The RBS 81 is a mobile short to medium range air defense which is intended to provide all-weather detection and defeat of fixed wing and rotary aircraft, cruise missiles, and precision guided and loitering munitions for division and corps level formations. The RBS 81 system consists of three main components including the Rb 81 missiles and transporter erector launchers, FMG 200 surveillance radar, and a tactical operations center (TOC) which acts as the command and control unit of the RBS 81 system. All RBS 81 components are mounted on SDI HTTS 8x8 carriers which give the system excellent on-road and cross country mobility for supporting armored and mechanized units.

An RBS 81 battery consists of a headquarters section with a tactical operations center (TOC), a radar section with two FMG 200 surveillance radars, and two firing platoons with eight Rb 81 missile TELs each. The TOC acts as the battlespace management and command and control node of the battery and is responsible for sensor control, datalink management, integrated air picture generation, target track identification and classification, weapon and engagement control, and kill assessment functions. Targets to be engaged can be passed to the FDC from the RBS 81 battery's own surveillance and fire control radars, from radars of neighboring batteries, or from other radars and sensors including aircraft or surface vessels. The TOC is contained in an ISO container sized shelter mounted to an HTTS 8x8 chassis and contains two crew stations for a tactical control officer (TCO) and tactical control assistant (TCA). The TOC can be located up to 25 kilometers from the fire units and surveillance radars when using radio datalink communications or up to 15 kilometers when using fiber optic cables.

The surveillance section of the RBS 81 battery consists of two SDI FMG 200 air surveillance radars with integrated IFF antennas mounted to HTTS 8x8 vehicles. The FMG 200 is used to provide long range target detection and tracking and target handoff to the individual fire units for target engagement. Each fire unit consists of a TEL (transporter erector launcher) vehicle built on a HTTS 8x8 chassis which mounts a short range electro-optical surveillance sensor and a launcher with twelve Rb 81 missiles ready to fire in sealed blast and fragment hardened launch canisters. Reloading of each TEL can be accomplished in several minutes either using a flat-rack and cargo hook system to replace the entire launcher or using a crane to replace individual individual launch canisters.

Rb 81 Interceptor

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• Weight: 160 kg
• Length: 4.5 m
• Diameter: 250 mm
• Propulsion: Dual-pulse solid fuel rocket
• Operational Range: 1-120 km
• Intercept Altitude: 0-25 km
• Speed: Mach 4.0
• Warhead: 20 kg blast/fragmentation
• Guidance: Active radar homing (ARH)
• Steering: Thrust-vectoring, control fins
• Launcher: Trailer based launcher with twelve canisters

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The Rb 81 interceptor used with the RBS 81 system is designed to intercept aircraft, cruise missiles, and short range ballistic missiles and consists of a solid fuel propulsion section and blast fragmentation warhead coupled to a solid state active radar guidance unit which give's the missile all weather fire-and-forget capability. The missile employs a dual-pulse rocket motor, the first motor pulse used to boost the the interceptor to cruise velocity and the second pulse used to provide the thrust for necessary endgame velocity and maneuver capability to engage evasively maneuvering targets. The missiles has a maximum intercept range of 120 kilometers and can engage targets traveling at altitudes up to 25 kilometers.

FMG 200 Surveillance Radar

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Frequency:

5.2-5.9 GHz (C band)

Antenna technology:

Active Phased Array, GaN Tx/Rx modules

Antenna rotation rate:

30 or 60 RPM

Instrumented range:

250 km

Azimuth:

360°

Elevation:

-10° to +70°

Target Capability:

1,500 simultaneous

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The SDI FMG 200 is the primary surveillance sensor of the RBS 81 system and consists of a C band pulse doppler, GaN solid state AESA, digital beam forming stacked beam 3D radar. The radar can be mechanically and electronically scanned in azimuth and electronically scanned in elevation with 360° azimuth and -10° to +70° elevation coverage. The FMG 200 has an instrumented range of 250 km and is capable of tracking fighter size targets at 120 km and cruise missile size targets at 60 km with the ability to handle 1,500 simultaneous target tracks. The radar features with <0.2° azimuth, <0.3° elevation, and <15 meter range accuracy and provides target detection and identification, cued search and track, own weapon tracking, and kill indication functions to the RBS 81 system. The radar additionally features a cued search” function which scans a dedicated sector twice per mechanical rotation, the ability to initiator a target a track within a single scan, and automatically classifies specified targets and allocates additional cued tracks to specified high priority targets, and an ELSS (enhanced low, slow and small) surveillance mode which is optimized for detecting and tracking small UAVs and loitering munitions in high clutter environments.

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Manticore C-RAM

System Overview

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• Weight: 26,000 kg
• Length: 19.8 m
• Width: 3.7 m
• Height: 4.3 m
• Crew: 4
• Rate of Fire: 8,000 RPM
• Range: 3,000 m self destruct

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RBS 82 Anti-Satellite (ASAT) System

System Overview:

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The RBS 82 is a rapidly deployable, highly mobile anti-satellite system designed to intercept and destroy satellites and spacecraft in low earth orbit. The RBS 82 system consists of two primary elements; the Rb 82 missile subsystem consisting of the Rb 82 interceptor and erector launcher (TEL) trailer and the weapon control system consisting of Battalion Control Element (BCE) and Battery Command Center (BCC), and which which interfaces with an ASAT BMC3 (battle management command, control and communications system. A complete RBS 82 battalion system consists of a battalion headquarters with a Battalion Control Element (BCE) and three firing batteries each with four erector launchers and a Battery Command Post (BCP). The entire RBS 82 ERADS is system is road mobile and can be transported by either ship, rail, or strategic airlifter aircraft in order to allow the entire system to be rapidly deployed around the globe where needed.

Rb 82 interceptor

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• Weight: 2,000 kg
• Length: 12.0 m
• Diameter: 1.0 m
• Propulsion: Three-stage solid fuel rocket
• Operational range: 5,000 km
• Intercept altitude: 100 - 3,000 km
• Speed: 8.0 km/s
• Warhead: none- KE hit to kill
• Guidance: dual-band infrared FPA
• Steering: Thrust-vectoring, bipropellant DACS
• Launcher: Trailer based launcher with two canisters

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The Rb 82 interceptor is a direct ascent anti-satellite interceptor which is capable of reaching all satellite and spacecraft targets in low earth orbit. The components of the Rb 82 include a multi stage solid fuel rocket booster which is designed to accelerate an exo-atmospheric kill to sufficient velocity to negate target satellites in orbit, an exoatmospheric kill vehicle , kill vehicle shroud, and a launch canister with integral hot gas ejection system. The booster consists of three solid fuel rocket stages including a triple pulse kick stage which accelerates the kill vehicle to a maximum burnout velocity of 8.0 km/s. The kill vehicle consists of the seeker, GN&C, downlink communications, airborne power, propulsion system, and kill enhancement device (KED) sections and autonomously homes in on and and destroys targeted satellites via kinetic impact.

The missile with its launch canister is transported and launched from a trailer based erector launcher (EL) which is towed by an SDI HTTS 10X10 vehicle. The EL includes an elevating assembly with mounts for two sealed missile launch canisters along with a ground integrated electronic unit (GIEU), a hydraulic control panel, and two 28-volt DC power supply systems. The GIEU ground integrated electronic units includes built-in test (BIT) functions and missile status monitoring capability and provides launch site communications between the transporter erector-launcher and the battery command center.

Battalion Control Element

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The Battalion Control Element (BCE) acts as the command post for the RBS 82 battalion and is responsible for readiness checks, planning and executing intercept solutions, interfacing with ASAT BMC3 systems to receive, process and warning, alerts, and firing orders, interfacing with the battery command posts to relay firing orders and weapon data loads, and interfacing with SATCOM to receive in flight missile and kill vehicle status via satellite relay downlink for real-time intercept monitoring and kill assessment. The BCE is contained in a 6.0 meter ISO container sized shelter with air conditioning and NBC filtration and contains three dual screen display operator consoles and is mounted to an SDI HTTS 8x8 Heavy Tactical Truck System chassis.

Battery Command Posy

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The Battery Command Post acts as the command post for individual RBS 82 batteries and interfaces with the Battalion Control Element to receive firing orders and weapon data loads, transmits missile data loads to individual Rb 82 interceptors, sends missile launch signals to erector-launcher units, performs post-launch up-link management of interceptors, monitors the pre-launch health status of individual missiles and erector-launchers, and coordination with other BCPs deployed in the RBS 82 battalion. Like the BCE the BCP is contained in a 6.0 meter ISO container sized shelter with air conditioning and NBC filtration and contains three dual screen display operator consoles and is mounted to an SDI HTTS 8x8 Heavy Tactical Truck System chassis.