BAE SYSTEMS gains further halo export order
26 Feb 2002
BAE Systems has been contracted by the Japanese Ground Staff Defence Force to supply a Hostile Artillery LOcator (HALO) system for evaluation, with the intention of a number of further systems being procured at the completion of the process.
This represents a further export achievement for BAE Systems, whose HALO system has seen successful service with the British armed forces in the Balkans and is now being delivered to satisfy the UK Ministry of Defence's Advanced Sound-ranging Programme (ASP) requirement.
As a part of the continuous process of enhancement of HALO, BAE Systems is to supply interfaces with the Japanese Ground Staff Defence Force's Field Artillery Data Processing System (FADS), enabling HALO-derived data to be directly used for contributory operations. This world benchmark innovation places HALO further ahead of rival systems and supports the progressive digitisation of the land battlespace.
Further innovations lie in translating western screen characters into Kanji.
Background note
HALO employs passive acoustic location techniques to detect gun and mortar firings and fall-of-shot at ranges of up to 30km. Developed in conjunction with Roke Manor Research, a Siemens company, HALO provides near instantaneous data on hostile positions and is virtually immune to countermeasures. It represents a radically different and highly successful approach to artillery location compared with traditional detectable and easily countered radar systems.
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