Defensive aids suite prototype for light armored vehicles

Andre Cantin; Jean Fortin; Johan Venter; Brian G. Philip; Russell Hagen; Dietmar Krieger; Mike Greenley

doi:10.1117/12.441267

27 September 2001 Defensive aids suite prototype for light armored vehicles

Andre Cantin, Jean Fortin, Johan Venter, Brian G. Philip, Russell Hagen, Dietmar Krieger, Mike Greenley

Proceedings Volume 4393, Unattended Ground Sensor Technologies and Applications III; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.441267
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation, and Controls, 2001, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The Defence Research Establishment Valcartier has initiated in 1998 R&D work to investigate and to demonstrate key technologies required for future Defensive Aid Suite to protect Light Armoured Vehicles. A basic Defensive Aid Suite demonstrator (Phase I) was built and integrated into the LAV vetronics by Litton Systems Canada and his consortium. The Defensive Aid Suite consisted of a 2-band HARLID^TM-based laser detection head, a processor capable to control and deploy countermeasures and a DAS touch-screen display all integrated in a Light Armored Vehicle. The crew was able to select the operation mode for direct fire or smoke deployment by pushing one of the pair of buttons available at the bottom of the display. This system was successfully demonstrated in October 1999 during an international trial. This article gives an overview of the results obtained in the field as well as some of the lessons learnt. It also describes laboratory and field measurements made on the Laser Warning Receiver unit itself. The results of the DAS tactical use and of Human factor evaluation will illustrate its performance within typical laser threat scenarios. This work will serve as the basis for the recommendation of a future DAS demonstrator (Phase II) integrating more sensors and countermeasures.

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Andre Cantin, Jean Fortin, Johan Venter, Brian G. Philip, Russell Hagen, Dietmar Krieger, and Mike Greenley "Defensive aids suite prototype for light armored vehicles", Proc. SPIE 4393, Unattended Ground Sensor Technologies and Applications III, (27 September 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.441267

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