Ukraine - Skyguard
Rheinmetall is to supply the Skyguard 3 air defense system to an unnamed foreign customer. Rheinmetall will also supply ammunition and spare parts for the anti-aircraft system. The contract is scheduled to be completed in 2024. The total value of the order is around €65 million. The order is of great importance to Rheinmetall. It strengthens existing customer relations, and underscores the high degree of confidence in Rheinmetall’s world-leading expertise in the field of ground-based air defense.
The Skyguard 3 system has paired 35-mm GDF009 guns for AHEAD ammunition (also produced by Rheinmetall) with the possibility of an explosion in the air to destroy enemy aircraft. Skyguard combines modern means of identifying targets, tracking sensors, modern fire control and ballistic calculations for two guns and a high rate of fire of up to 1100 rounds per minute. The Skyguard 3 air defense system is the third generation of the Skyguard air defense product line. Its primary purpose is effective point defense against many types of air threats, including cruise missiles and high-speed missiles with a small radar pattern.
The system is equipped with a modern fire control network processor and can receive and process data from fire control units as well as 3D and 2D search radars such as X-TAR3D. It can be controlled remotely or autonomously hit targets using a built-in sensor unit. The towed self-leveling trolley makes deployment and transportation easy.
Rheinmetall is one of the world's leading manufacturers of advanced air defence systems. In automatic cannon-based air defence, the company is the market leader and the only comprehensive systems supplier for fire control technology, automatic cannons, integrated guided missile launchers and Ahead airburst ammunition. Air surveillance systems and radar technology, powerful sensor technology and high-energy laser effectors round off the portfolio.
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