NATO experts discuss MTBMD technologies at the EADS site in Ulm
Ulm, 05 April 2001
Approximately 100 high-ranking representatives from six NATO states discussed the complex technologies of ship-based extended air defence at the fifth Maritime Ballistic Missile Defence (MTBMD) Forum. At the invitation of the German Ministry of Defence EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company was holding this event for the second time in Germany on the Ulm site.
Since 1999, the Forum has met on a half-yearly basis with the aim of working out collaborative approaches to the research, development and procurement of ship-based tactical ballistic missile defence systems. Representatives from the governments, armed forces and industry of the USA, Germany, Italy and Holland as well as observers from Australia, Canada and Spain take part.
The Forum in Ulm was concerned with the key topic of Battlefield Management, Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (BMC4I). The term BMC4I is applied to a reconnaissance network which covers all systems and ensures the correct and timely utilisation of all information relevant for command and control purposes in the functional chain "sensor - command and control - weapon system" so that extended air defence tasks can be fulfilled in a manner appropriate to the situation and mission. Within the whole Group, EADS has all key technologies in this field at its disposal, from satellites through combat aircraft and guided missiles to sensors and command and control systems.
The EADS plant at Ulm, for example, is the German centre of competence for radar technology, as the participation in the Eurofighter radar "Captor" or the multi-mode radar APAR for the F124 frigates shows. In the field of command and control systems, EADS is working at full speed on future solutions for all the armed forces, such as the only recently successfully tested air defence command and control system SAMOC or the development of a mission planning system for the future NATO Air Command and Control System (ACCS). The Marine Systems programme area of the EADS Defence Electronics business unit presented modern combat management systems for future frigates at the Forum in Ulm. EADS Marine Systems are involved substantially in the development of combat management systems for the future F124/LCF air defence frigates for the German and Dutch navies and are working together with international partners on further NATO air defence projects.
EADS was formed in July 2000 following the merger of the three companies DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (Germany), Aerospatiale Matra (France) and Construcciones Aeronáuticas S.A. (Spain). With revenues amounting to EUR 24.2 billion (2000), EADS is the world's third largest aerospace and defence technology company.
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