Newsline 2/2000 - KSPG AG

The light short-range air defence system LeFlaSys – Asrad
export version here – is an air defence missile system.
Rheinmetall DeTec AG and its subsidiaries
Competence in...
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expertise in virtually every area that is
important for the naval forces. The Bremen-based
company develops and fabricates
products for civil and defence
applications, serving customers both
at home and abroad. STN Atlas Elektronik
offers a wide range of products,
including signal processing and radar
technology, navigation and communications,
sonar and high frequency
technology, optics and optronics, as
well as unmanned air vehicles, virtual
reality digital visual systems, and command
and combat control systems.
Underwater Systems
STN Atlas Elektronik’s underwater
activities include sonar technology
and systems for submarines, e.g. command
and control
systems as
well as hydroacousticsensor
systems.
These systems
enable submarines
to quickly
process incominginformation
and take
whatever actions
are necessary.
Other
subsurface systems
from
STN Atlas Elektronik
include
underwater vehicles
– e.g.
mine disposal
vehicles – and
naval weapons,princi-
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pally heavy torpedoes.
Surface Systems
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The STN Atlas ship handling simulator for the Royal Norwegian
Navy is equipped with a panoramic visual system.
For surface vessels,
too, the Naval
Systems division
offers not only
individual products
– e.g. electronic
equipment
for the operations
control centers on
board frigates –
but also complete
system chains ex- Adats is the only short-range air defence system in the world
tending from sen- capable of engaging ground and air targets alike. Amongst
sors to signal pro- other things, the system supplied by Oerlikon Contraves AG
cessing,integra- is equipped with eight ready-to-fire missiles.
ted command and
control systems, and effectors. The on-
Simulation
going improvement of these products Simulation & Training:
and systems, as demonstrated, for instance,
by the latest generation of
The Simulation & Training unit focu-
multipurpose consoles or the new acses
on the worlds of virtual reality and
tive towed arrays for locating submari-
intelligent training management. In
nes, underscore the company’s speci-
practically every case, this involves the
al expertise and technical competence
use of simulators to train personnel,
in this field.
almost invariably “full scope replica”
simulation systems. This means that
Mine Hunting Systems
the actual item of equipment is recrea-
STN Atlas Elektronik’s role as prime ted on a 1:1 scale: a truck simulator es-
contractor for mine hunters of the sentially consists of a real driver’s cab,
German Navy is an outstanding ex- a navigation training simulator is esample
of its world class standing in sentially the bridge of a ship. The com-
this sector. The products and syputer generates the outside world. Distems
developed here for mine coungital visualization systems ensure pretermeasure
operations easily stand cise, real-time simulation of the surro-
up to those produced elsewhere, unding environment.
whether at home or abroad. In the ci- The process, naval and nautical sivil
sector, Vessel Traffic Services Symulation department develops traistems
(VTS) from STN Atlas can be foning simulators for naval academies,
und in ports and along busy water- shipping companies and navies. Flight
SMArt 155 DM 702 ways the world over.
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