Airbus C-235

ATK has designed a mission package for the aircraft that allows it to undertake a range of gunship and ISR missions. The aircraft is fitted with defensive countermeasures, including DIRCM (directed infrared countermeasures) and AAR-47 missile approach warning system, and it has a sensor suite including an L-3 Wescam MX-15 electro-optic turret under the port forward fuselage and Thales I-Master Ku-band synthetic aperture radar/ground moving target indicator in a turret to starboard. A laser rangefinder and designator is boresighted with the electro-optic sensors.

Integrated with the mission system is the AC-235’s cannon, a 30mm ATK M230 link-fed Chain Gun. The weapon is aimed from a left-hand orbit, and is trainable for fine-tuning the aimpoint. This is performed automatically by the mission system, which takes its cue from a designated laser point. ATK developed the gun and a similar palletized system to be fitted in the Alenia Aermacchi MC-27J.

As well as the gun, the AC-235 can carry precision-guided weapons. Stub pylons have been fitted to the undercarriage sponsons, each of which can carry two AGM-114 Hellfire laser-guided missiles, and rocket pods. Just before the SOFEX show it was announced that Jordan is buying the BAE Systems APKWS (advanced precision kill weapon system) for the AC-235. Deliveries to Jordan are to be made beginning in 2016, with the deal being handled through U.S. foreign military sales channels. Naval Air System Command’s PMA-242 is the program manager, and it will also oversee the logistic and engineering support associated with integrating the weapon.

Poncho (Admin) a écrit:http://lemamouth.blogspot.fr/2015/11/pendant-ce-temps-chez-airbus.html

Bonjour, le kit de ravitaillement hélico du C295 pourrait être adapté au C235

J'avais effectivement zappé qu'on avait en France que cette variante