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Magellan Aerospace and Kongsberg Defence Team to Produce Guided 2.75" Weapon System
Magellan Aerospace and Kongsberg Defence Team to Produce Guided 2.75" Weapon System.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\nPARIS, FRANCE, June 14 /CNW/ - Magellan Aerospace announced today at\nEurosatory 2006 a Teaming Agreement with Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS\n(KDA), Kongsberg, Norway, to develop and produce a guided 2.75\" (70mm) weapon\nsystem for air, land, and naval military platforms. The CRV7-Precision Guided\n(CRV7-PG) combines the outstanding performance of Magellan's CRV7 rocket\nweapon system with KDA's guidance technology from Penguin and Naval Strike\nMissile (NSM).\nThe CRV7-PG is currently in development and has undergone numerous test\nfirings to date.\nThe system will meet the requirement for a low-cost precision weapon that\nwill fill the gap between unguided rockets and more expensive precision\nweapons, and will be useful in a direct and indirect role against a variety of\ntargets.\n\"This Teaming Agreement provides an excellent opportunity for both\nMagellan and Kongsberg to expand their existing, combat-proven technologies in\nrocketry and guidance systems to develop a next generation product to meet the\nrequirements of today's battlefield arenas,\" said Mr. James Butyniec,\nExecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Magellan Aerospace\nCorporation. He added, \"Kongsberg and Magellan recognize the future customer\ninterest in a guided 2.75\" platform and are pleased that we can work together\nto provide an affordable and technically-sound solution.\"\n\"Combining Kongsberg's experience in guidance systems and Magellan's well\nproven rocket technology, the customer will get an effective and highly\naccurate rocket system, minimizing chances of collateral damage,\" stated Mr.\nSven Arild Barstad, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the\nMissiles and Space Division of Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace. \"We see the\nTeaming Agreement as the start of a long and fruitful relationship between our\ncompanies, and it represents a strengthening of the ties between Norwegian and\nCanadian defence industries,\" Mr. Barstad added.\n\nKongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS is a wholly owned subsidiary of\nKongsberg Gruppen ASA in Kongsberg, Norway and represented in more than 20\ncountries. KDA is Norway's premier supplier of high-technology defence systems\nand a niche supplier of missiles, C(3)I systems and defence communication to\ninternational markets. Kongsberg Gruppen has a history which go...