Being able to lay the gun precisely and executing a successful fire mission is still one of the indispensable goals. However, additional subsystems and fire supporting elements are necessary to be able to sustain, coordinate and use the artillery units to their full effect with accuracy. In order to manage this, artillery and the command and control structure need to be intelligently backed by reliable software and hardware.
Experienced in C4I, fire support and fire control systems domains, ASELSAN provides cutting edge technology solutions in the field of artillery. These solutions include modernization of towed and self-propelled howitzers, multiple launch rocket systems and mortars as well as integration of fire support elements – weapons, sensor systems, fire direction software etc. – within a command and control structure.
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ASELSAN’s artillery weapon modernization solutions integrate indigenously developed inertial navigation systems, muzzle velocity radars, fire control computers, radios and associated hardware such as servo drivers for providing high accuracy in gun laying, automatic ballistic calculation and high first hit probability.
ASELSAN’s fire control systems provide several benefits to the user; fire support planning, target prioritization and coordination whereby the user selects specific targets or executes fire mission commands automatically without human intervention.
Additionally, fast ballistic computation at the gun level, allows the user to perform battery functions by a single gun. These ballistic calculations incorporate sensitive information such as weather and muzzle velocity inputs to increase the effectiveness of the artillery.
ASELSAN’s Fire Support Automation System (AFSAS) is a reconfigurable system based on tactical and operational requirements
Digitization of the battlefield allows swift communication and data transfer which is critical to the fire support missions. As such ASELSAN utilizes its secure software defined radios to transfer voice and data in its fire control systems. Furthermore, the data communication allows tactical situational awareness of the artillery units with digital maps showing unit and target information. In tandem with the upgrade options for the artillery, an important capability for the platforms is the data connection to fire direction centers and higher echelons of the command structure.
ASELSAN’s radio system links the platforms through secure digital communication to the command and control elements, providing automation of planning and execution of fire support.
Digitization of the battlefield allows swift communication and data transfer which is critical to the fire support missions
In addition to digitization of communication and data transfer, ASELSAN serves valuable capabilities to the tactical and technical fire direction units in the command and control structure.
Firstly, ASELSAN’s Fire Support Automation System (AFSAS) integrates all fire support units: weapon systems, support systems, sensor systems, forward observer systems and fire direction systems clustering them under a single tactical artillery command and control and fire direction system.
Secondly, the system adds on the capability to conduct fire missions; receiving and processing fire orders and requests. It maintains a tactical picture of the field displayed on a digital map with Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED) allowing levels of command structure to maintain situational awareness while planning current and future fire missions.
AFSAS is a reconfigurable system based on tactical and operational requirements. This feature gives flexibility to attach or detach fire support elements and battalions to or from the structure as the command decides. Information flow within the system could be layered according to need to know basis as required by the command structure.
With AFSAS, ASELSAN automates planning, coordinating, controlling and execution of fire support in a digital environment, integrates fire support units and provides most effective, efficient and timely fire support as required by the corps.
As a result of the modularity and configurability, ASELSAN can provide fire control and C4I solutions for different types of legacy howitzers from different origins such as D-30 122 mm, M109 155mm or smaller 105mm caliber howitzers.
The modernization solution could range from a full-fledged modernization including fire control system and integration of the weapon system in question to a command and control structure via secure digital communication; to a quick fix solution, where the weapons retain classical gun laying methods but also gain digital communication capability, computerized fire mission planning and execution.
By giving the highest priority to local needs, ASELSAN keeps investing in its global engineering, manufacturing and maintenance centers in order to timely support its users in all over the world. In line with this perspective, ASELSAN Ukraine LLC is ready to conduct operations spanning from industrial collaboration to after sales support services.
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