Thales introduces artillery version of TopAxyz
Thales has launched an artillery version of its TopAxyz inertial navigation unit for mobile artillery systems, the company announced on 11 June.
The system has been designed to meet the requirements of land forces' increasing need to digitalise the different types of artillery pieces that are compatible with new fire control and weapon management systems with architectures supporting modern deployment concepts.
TopAxyz helps to reduce mission execution time and is able to operate autonomously even if the GPS signal is lost. It uses Pixyz 22 tri-axis ring laser gyro technology for stability, and features advanced ITAR-free inertial sensors for accuracy of position, heading, attitude and airspeed data, even in the presence of electronic countermeasures.
The unit’s actual navigation performance function to indicate precise vehicle position in real time allows commanders to take C4I decisions with greater confidence to achieve the best operational scenarios while reducing the risk of friendly fire.
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