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perocity
07-24-2010, 01:06 PM
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MBDA Inc. Unveiled the TiGER at Farnborough 2010, this loitering small weapon is proposed for the U.S. Army's LMAMS program, developed for teh U.S> Special Operations Command. Photo: Tamir Eshel



Another system unveiled by MBDA Inc is the Tactical Grenade Extended Range (‘TiGER’), a loitering weapon built around a small warhead weighing 1 pound, comprising two 40mm grenades packed in tandem and inserted into a small micro UAV carried in a small tube. TiGER can be used to identify and attack key positions and targets of opportunity, posing an immediate threat to tactical units and special forces teams. With a warhead twice as effective as a standard grenade, TiGER extends the unit lethality to a distance up to two miles, effectively engaging most types of threats, including short-lived targets.

The weapon is prepared for use within less than a minute, deploying inflatable wings with compressed air bottle that comes with the kit. The air vehicle is powered by a small battery, and can fly to a distance of up to two miles, loiter over the target for several minutes and dive onto the target upon operator command. The TiGER can fly to its target through several pre-designated way points, providing ‘strike on demand’ opportunities targeting light vehicles, mortar crews or snipers with high effectiveness.

MBDA is proposing TiGER for the U.S. military Lethal Miniature Aerial Munition System (LMAMS) program, pursued by teh U.S. Special Operations Command. LMAMS is designed to provide a soldier carried, ground launched Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) loitering precision guided system organic at the small unit level that will allow unprecedented engagement of enemy combatants without exposing the War fighter to direct enemy fires.

The Army defined three distinct mission phases for the weapon – mission planning, fly out, and terminal engagement. Once a mission is planned, using geolocation, location reference or direct observation form the operator, field observers or networkes sensors, the GCS will handle the mission autonomously flying the weapon to the area of interest where the weapon enters a loitering mode acquiring the target by visual means. In the terminal engagement phase, the LMAMS will have the ability to automatically track a target designated by the operator in the terminal phase or allow the operator to manually control the system as needed to focus on a specific area or point of interest. The operator shall have the ability to abort and or redirect the flight path prior to impact.



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MBDA's TiGER uses inflatable wings deployed with compressed air bottle supplied with the kit. Other elements in the kit are PDA size command and control unit, enabling the user to monitor the flight, select, identify and engage a target from a distance of up to two miles. Photo: Tamir

ianstone
07-24-2010, 02:24 PM
Farnbourgh was fantastic today, so, so impressed !

bobdina
07-24-2010, 04:38 PM
Keep these great posts coming. Bob

perocity
07-24-2010, 04:44 PM
Thanks Bob! Sometimes I feel no one gives a shit but enjoy it. In their defense I do post some off the wall shit. lol

perocity
07-24-2010, 04:48 PM
Back to topic. This bird looks like a toy but when you can drop a grenade from two miles,it makes for a very nasty surprise indeed.

bobdina
07-24-2010, 04:52 PM
Yes it does. And I do look at all your postings in addition to almost every member. Yours are just above the game when it comes to UAV's and the related stuff.

perocity
07-24-2010, 05:51 PM
I know I can't expect everyone to comment on my post we are a small community. Just ignore that one post I'm just being a whiny bitch lol.
You guys are great! my favorite site! As far as the UAV stuff I'm a huge fan in addition to my RC addiction.Yes I got it bad just ask my wife!