Any air defense needs a reliable reconnaissance and surveillance. Bundeswehr signed a contract for five deployable Ground Exploitation Systems (GES) recently. These GES are part of RAFAEL RecceLite aerial reconnaissance system used by German Air Force.
To enable high mobility and rapid availability in different deployment scenarios, all GES will be realised for transport by aircraft, truck or ship. Therefore these new GES consist of several 20-foot containers in which the IT equipment required for aerial image evaluation as well as air-conditioning and power generators for worldwide deployment are integrated. The new IT will be designed in such a way that the separation of different information with different degrees of secrecy can be ensured.
The contract stipulates the initial systems partially to be equipped with adaptive ballistic protection. The aerial images for the future GES can be recorded with the existing weapon systems Tornado, Eurofighter or by means of drones, depending on requirements.
RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems has selected ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH as the main subcontractor for this procurement project now. Based on ESG’s proven system integration expertise in numerous projects and its comprehensive domain knowledge, the company will be responsible for the design, entire procurement and delivery of the container systems, including complete integration of the IT, air conditioning and power generation units. In addition, ESG is responsible for the Bundeswehr-specific documentation, a wide range of logistics services and the supply of spare parts.
Dorothee Frank, Head of editorial team