April 2021 edition of Stay FN Connected newsletter
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Leading firearms manufacturers FN HERSTAL has developed a new comprehensive FN® Airborne Digital Suite to meet challenging market demands and expectations on integrating machine guns into modern platforms, which will be exhibited at this year’s Farnborough International Airshow.
The FN® Airborne Digital Suite provides military forces with the highest level of operational capability.
This new fully digital ITAR-free suite is fully in line with FN Herstal’s strategy to further develop its customisable Integrated Weapon Systems for Airborne applications.
It comprises three complementary and interconnected components:
1. FN® D-HUD (Digital Head-Up Display): a modern and cost-effective targeting solution to improve precision in firing. It enhances accuracy and situational awareness and reduces the pilot workload. This Digital Head-Up Display is easy to integrate, ergonomic and equipped with high-end optics technology and ballistic computation solution. The FN® D-HUD offers capability to retrofit in-service helicopters to the latest advances in targeting technologies.
2. The brand new FN® D-PC (Digital Pod Controller): this new FN Herstal Armament Management System (AMS) is designed to control digital pods and rocket launchers. The FN® D-PC is installed on the platform and is connected to the pods via MIL-STD-1760 compliant protocol.
3. The FN® D-Pod: a self-contained fixed-forward pod system, featuring the well-known .50 cal FN® M3P machine gun, now with digital communication.
Variants are:
Q .50 cal FN® D-HMP250 Pod (ammo capacity: 250 rounds)
Q .50 cal FN® D-HMP400 Pod (ammo capacity: 400 rounds)
Q .50 cal FN® D-RMP Pod (ammo capacity: 250 rounds and three 2.75in rocket launcher tubes)
The FN® D-Pod can be operated by either FN® D-PC or onboard non-FN Armament Management System.
It allows rapid reconfiguration of helicopters or subsonic aircraft between missions.
The FN® Airborne Digital Suite belongs to and takes benefit of the comprehensive range of FN Herstal’s integrated weapon systems based on four pillars: Airborne Fixed-Forward Firing Solutions, Airborne Crew Served Weapon Solutions, Land and Sea Mounted Weapon Solutions and Remote Weapon Stations.
The FN® Airborne Digital Suite will be showcased at Hall 1, Belgian Pavilion, FN Herstal’s booth 1395, 16-21 July.
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