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BAE wins CV-22 gun contract
By Stephen Trimble
BAE Systems will start adapting a remotely operated minigun to install on the US Air Force BellBoeing CV-22 Osprey.
The 7.62mm-calibre weapon is officially labeled as an ¡°interim all-quadrant defensive weapon¡±, but would be the first weapon system to be embedded within the internal structure of a V-22 airframe.
The US Marine Corps operates a ramp-mounted .50-calibre gun on 10 MV-22 Ospreys deployed in Iraq, but this configuration limits the weapon to firing on only rearward targets.
The BAE Systems gun system selected for the CV-22 will be embedded within the ¡°hell hole¡± normally used by troops for fast-roping to the ground.
A sensor that includes a camera and infrared imager will be embedded in a second hole forward of the weapon station, with the crew chief operating the trigger inside the cabin.
Military and industry officials have emphasized that both approaches represent a purely ¡°interim¡± solution for the Osprey¡¯s lack of a defensive weapon.
In the long term, the USMC and the USAF are expected to seek a permanent system that is perhaps installed in the nose of the aircraft or in the hell hole.
BAE prefers the latter configuration because it ¡°does provide that ability to make it very modular¡±, says Clark Freise, VP of defense avionics.
BAE has received a $491,000 contract to start develop and qualify the belly-mounted system for the CV-22 by the end of the year, but the scope of the deal includes a potential value of $16.3 million. BAE unveiled the system in October at a USMC exposition at Quantico, Virginia.
The company says it has been developing the system for two years for use as a general defensive weapon for military aircraft. Freise believes the capability could be applied to the USAF¡¯s pending requirement for a combat search and rescue helicopter replacement fleet.
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