During a live fire exercise, the company reports that BAE Systems successfully tested its Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System (C-UAS) prototype. The test assessed the detection, tracking, identification, and defeat of stationary and moving aerial and ground targets in recent live-fire tests. The variant was jointly developed with Moog.
A successful test
The system was tested during realistic battlefield scenarios at the Big Sandy range in Kingman, Arizona. During the tests, the AMPV C-UAS prototype showed its ability to accurately detect, track, identify, defeat, or turn off stationary and moving aerial and ground targets. The exercise demonstrated the turret's capability to engage with ground targets and use a slew-to-cue functionality to aim at stationary and moving small drones with 30mm proximity rounds.
