Israeli company Rafael and its subsidiary Rafael Systems Global Sustainment (RSGS) demonstrated the Fire Weaver AI-based sensor-to-shooter system with US Army soldiers in January, during the Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment (AEWE) in the US.
A similar exercise took place in November 2020 for the German Army.
Fire Weaver integrates as an open and modular software application with existing battle management systems and other tactical computing devices, Rafael noted in an 8 February statement.
The company added that the sensor-to-shooter system enhances situational awareness and delivers the ability to maximise available combat power in GPS-denied environments. This aligns with the need for the US Army to enhance soldier lethality, as one of its six key modernisation priorities.
‘Fire Weaver provides the US Army infantry a marked advantage in overmatch,’ claimed LTG (ret) Joe Anderson, president and CEO of RSGS.
Rafael is already supplying Fire Weaver for IDF ground divisions, under a 2020 contract from the Israeli MoD. The company expects the solution to be included in future US Army evaluation exercises and demonstrations, such as the next AEWE in January 2022, the Maneuver Fires Integration Experiment and Project Convergence 22.
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