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13th April 2010

Cambridge Consultants to upgrade Mirach 100/5 aerial targets with Vector Scoring on French test ranges

• Cambridge Consultants' ARMS-300 system measures point of closest approach to within 30cm at speeds up to 2000m/s

Cambridge Consultants has been awarded a further contract to supply its leading Advanced Radar Missile Scorer - ARMS-300 for installation in SELEX Galileo's Mirach 100/5 target drones on French test ranges. ARMS was the world's first non-cooperative vector scoring system and users include the UK MoD, French DGA, Italian MoD, US Navy and the Royal Australian Navy.  ARMS-300 measures the accuracy of guided missiles under test by reconstructing the missile trajectory as it intercepts the target drone.

ARMS-300 is suitable for full-scale and subscale targets and gives high-quality feedback on the performance of the missile for development tests and training shots. The system measures the point of closest approach to within 30cm or 10% of range and miss-distances up to 30m, at closing speeds up to 2000m/s. It is effective with modern, highly agile missiles, where the trajectory may be highly non-linear.

Under the contract, awarded by SELEX Galileo, Cambridge Consultants will provide services to qualify the system on the French target configuration and upgrade the ground equipment at two test range sites to the latest standard.  "The ARMS-300 system is really the definitive high-precision vector scoring system and this contract reflects the excellent track record gained over 18 years of service," said Gary Kemp, Programme Director at Cambridge Consultants. "This deployment takes our work with the DGA and SELEX Galileo further and extends the capability of modern target drones to meet the demands for test and evaluation of new missile systems."

Commenting on the announcement SELEX Galileo's UAS Program Manager, Antonio Toffetti, said "Since its introduction on Mirach 100/4 in 1998 and subsequent installation on Mirach 100/5 in 2000, ARMS-300 has been a powerful extension to the capability of SELEX Galileo's aerial targets and has consistently delivered accurate results that are valued and trusted by our customers ".

ARMS was qualified on French test ranges on the C22 target drone in 1998 after being adopted by the US Navy in 1991.  It went into service in Italy on Mirach 100/5 target drones in 2001 where it was used with great success on the IRIS-T qualification programme.  The combination of the Mirach 100/5 target drone with ARMS-300 vector scoring system will bring a world-leading level of test and evaluation capability to the DGA’s CELM test ranges in Biscarrosse and Ile du Levant.

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