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Posted 10/19/2007
Mission
Provide mobile, short-range air defense
protection against cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles,
low-flying fixed-wing aircraft, and helicoptors to divisions, armored
cavalry regiments, separate brigades, and corps/theater air defense
brigades.
Entered Army Service
1989
Description and Specifications
The
system consists of a gyro-stabilized air defense turret mounted on a
modified heavy High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). The
turret has two Stinger missile launcher pods, each capable of firing up
to 4 fire-and-forget infrared/ultraviolet guided missiles in rapid
succession. Avenger can be linked to the Forward Area Air Defense
Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (FAAD C3I) system,
which permits external radar tracks and messages to be passed to the
fire unit to alert and cue the gunner. Using the newly developed
Slew-to-Cue subsystem, the commander or gunner can select a FAAD C3I
reported target for engagement from a display, then, by a single
push-button, initiate an automatic slew in azimuth.
- Weapons: 8 ready-to-fire Stinger missiles;
1 .50-caliber machine gun
- Sensors: Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) sensor/laser range finder/optical sight
- Length: 16 ft 3 in
- Weight: 8,600 lbs
- Crew: 2
Manufacturer
Boeing (Huntsville, AL); AM General (South Bend, IN)
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