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SKYKNIGHT GROUND-BASED MISSILE SYSTEM (S-GBMS)

INNER-LAYER AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM

SKYKNIGHT GROUND-BASED MISSILE SYSTEM (S-GBMS)
RAM threats 4000m
PGM 6000m
Rotary wing, CM and UAV 10000m
Fixed wing 10,000m / 8,000m (high g maneuvering)

ADVANCED PROTECTION FOR STATIC AND MOBILE ASSETS

The Skynex SkyKnight Air Defence System (SS-ADS) provides rapidly deployable, comprehensive inner-layer protection against a wide variety of asymmetric and conventional threats, including rockets, artillery shells, mortars (RAM), ballistic bombs and stand-off weapons. Able to track and neutralise up to 80 incoming targets at one time, the SkyKnight Missile System provides protection for static assets, as well as conditional protection for mobile and mechanised forces.

Transportable in 20-foot cargo containers, the system can be deployed statically for long periods of time and then relocated, or permanently installed in a single location.

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    PROVIDES DEFENCE FOR
    • Static assets: urban areas, buildings, airports, ports, critical infrastructure, forward operating bases
    • Mobile assets: mobile convoy (conditional), mechanised convoy (limited), front lines of own forces (conditional)

     

    PROTECTS AGAINST
    • Rockets, artillery shells and mortars (RAM)
    • Ballistic bombs
    • Stand-off weapons, including UAVs, precision guided munitions (PGMs), cruise missiles and glide bombs
    • Conventional threats, including fighter ground-attack (FGA) aircra and helicopters

     

    SYSTEM COMPONENTS
    • Oerlikon Skynex Control Node
    • Up to 4 x Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Multi-Mission Radar (AMMR) surveillance and tracking radars
    • Up to 4 x SkyKnight Missile Launcher Units (MLU)
    • 64x SkyKnight Missile Rounds (MR) per MLU
    • Up to 4 x Oerlikon Revolver Guns (RG) Mk3 with AHEAD airburst ammunition

     

    SPECIFICATIONS

    MISSILES

    RAM threats:4,000m
    PGM:6,000m
    Rotary wing, UAV and CM:10,000m
    Fixed wing:10,000m / 8,000m (high g maneuvering)

     

    GUNS

    • FW/RW: 4,000m
    • Mortars, small UAVs: 1,500m

     

    RATE OF FIRE

    • Up to 4 x RG Mk3 guns: 1,000 rounds/minute per gun
    • Up to 20 x missiles simultaneously per MLU
    • Up to x 80 missiles in flight at the same time per battery

     

    MISSILE PARAMETERS

    • Length: 2.2m
    • Diameter: 115mm
    • Wing span: 300mm
    • Mass: 36kg