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Rheinmetall Unveils the new Off-Board Corner Reflector upgrade for MASS At IDEX 2015
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Rheinmetall
Unveils the new Off-Board Corner Reflector upgrade for MASS At IDEX
2015
At IDEX 2015 exhibition in Abu Dhabi, German company Rheinmetall unveiled
a new upgrade for its MASS decoy system: The off-board corner reflector
(OCR) with advanced capabilities against modern anti-ship missiles.
Two OCR launcher tubes can be fitted on-top of a MASS unit. They deploy
radar decoys that simulate the vessel's radar signature. The decoys
are manufactured by Airborne Systems.
Rheinmetall
MASS Naval Decoy System on display at IDEX 2015 with the off-board corner
reflector launcher on top and the inflated decoy above it.
This
new MASS option can replace chaffs and is designed to defeat even the
most up-to-date developments in anti-ship RF missile seekers, including
those fitted with chaff discerning algorithms (a Rheinmetall represenntative
mentionned the C705 from China as an example).
According to Rheinmetall, MASS is the world’s number one naval
countermeasure system, reliably protecting surface combatants from advanced
anti-ship missiles as well as asymmetric threats in littoral environments.
The latest version of MASS is on display at IDEX 2015. Encompassing
the full spectrum of naval air and anti-submarine warfare threats, MASS
now provides new capabilities such as a millimetre wave (MMW) decoy
capability, the MMW sensor SME100+ for MMW anti-ship missile detection
as well as the off-board corner reflector and acoustic decoy CANTO for
anti-torpedo defence. These capabilities have been developed in cooperation
with different defence contractors.
The UAE Navy selected thhe MASS naval
countermeasure system for its Baynunah, Falaj 2 and Abu Dhabi classes
of vessels.
Rheinmetall
MASS Naval Decoy System on display at IDEX 2015