{"id":10304,"date":"2022-06-22T19:03:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T22:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=10304"},"modified":"2022-06-22T19:03:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T22:03:46","slug":"lecciones-de-la-guerra-de-ucrania-y-el-mercado-de-sistemas-de-proteccion-activa-aps-para-blindados","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=10304","title":{"rendered":"Lecciones de la guerra de Ucrania y el mercado de sistemas de protecci\u00f3n activa (APS) para blindados"},"content":{"rendered":"

Las lecciones de la invasi\u00f3n de Rusia a Ucrania, pusieron en evidencia la necesidad de proveer a las fuerzas blindadas, de mejor protecci\u00f3n para sus plataformas de combate. Y las empresas l\u00edderes en el desarrollo de sistemas de protecci\u00f3n activa (APS) para veh\u00edculos, prev\u00e9n un crecimiento exponencial en la demanda de este tipo de equipamiento. Por ello, la empresa italiana\u00a0Leonardo DRS, que hoy participa en la provisi\u00f3n de APS \u201cTrophy para los M1 Abrams y APS \u201cIron Fist\u201d para los VC Bradley, ha adquirido la empresa israel\u00ed\u00a0RADA. Esta empresa es l\u00edder en el mercado de sistemas de radar definido por software para veh\u00edculos, siendo sus productos adquiridos hoy por los desarrolladores de APS. Esta uni\u00f3n de Leonardo DRS y RADA, tiene por objetivo satisfacer de forma integrada, la gran demanda de APS que se vislumbra en el corto plazo, por parte de clientes como USA y pa\u00edses de la NATO.<\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON \u2014 The planned acquisition of Israeli firm\u00a0RADA Electronics Industries<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Leonardo<\/a>\u00a0DRS is driven in part by lessons learned from the war in Ukraine, according to the head of the Arlington, Virginia-based company.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Defense News, Leonardo DRS Chairman and Chief Executive Officer William Lynn said adding RADA\u2019s advanced radar capabilities to its portfolio will improve the company\u2019s ability to provide force protection capabilities to military customers and complement its integration capabilities.<\/p>\n

And the war in Ukraine shows the increasing importance of force protection measures as the U.S. prepares for its next conflict. Ukrainian troops have been devastatingly effective in ambushing Russian armored vehicles with shoulder-launched munitions, and Lynn said the combined company\u2019s capabilities could help the U.S. defend against similar attacks in a future war.<\/p>\n

He pointed to the Trophy Active Protection System the U.S. Army uses on its M1 Abrams tanks, which Leonardo DRS developed in partnership with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, and the Iron Fist systems that are now being tested on the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle and use RADA radars, as an example of what the company could provide.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you combine RADA and DRS, you\u2019re going to cover both of the major active protection systems we\u2019re going to be able to provide to U.S. and European militaries, either system depending on what they need in terms of the capabilities of the vehicle,\u201d Lynn said. \u201cThe Ukraine conflict has highlighted those force protection needs, which is one of the central strategic reasons for this merger.\u201d<\/p>\n

The purchase strengthens the combined company\u2019s force protection and counter-drone capabilities and boosts its ability to compete for future programs, he said.<\/p>\n

The companies announced the deal Tuesday. Leonardo DRS, the U.S subsidiary of the Italian defense firm Leonardo SpA, is a mid-tier defense electronics firm that primarily serves the U.S. military.\u00a0RADA provides<\/a>\u00a0software-defined tactical radars for the U.S. and Israel militaries as well as a handful of European countries.<\/p>\n

RADA will become an Israeli subsidiary of Leonardo DRS when the deal closes in the fourth quarter. The combined company will keep the Leonardo DRS name. RADA will operate as a business unit within DRS\u2019 advanced sensing segment.<\/p>\n

Under the terms of the deal, Leonardo DRS will acquire all the share capital in RADA, in exchange for about 19.5% equity ownership to RADA shareholders. Leonardo DRS will assume RADA\u2019s stock exchange listing, and is expected to trade on NASDAQ and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the symbol \u201cDRS.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lynn said returning Leonardo DRS to public trading will give it more financial stability and the flexibility to raise funds for further acquisitions. Predecessor DRS was listed until its 2009 acquisition by the Italian company that would become Leonardo.<\/p>\n

Having RADA\u2019s radar capabilities in house will be an advantage as the U.S. military develops its next generation of force protection programs, which could entail non-kinetic weapons such as microwaves and lasers, and consolidated counter-drone systems, he said.<\/p>\n

Further into the future, Lynn sees the military increasingly shifting toward systems that fuse sensors with communications capabilities, so battlefield commanders have a single integrated system that provides them data. When this happens, he said, it will be important to have radar as a fully established part of Leonardo DRS\u2019s portfolio, not something it has recently brought on board.<\/p>\n

Lessons from Ukraine<\/strong><\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine and its military\u2019s vulnerability to relatively cheap drones has underscored the importance of force protection, Lynn said, adding that the U.S. military could face similar threats in a future war. That includes short range air defenses such as the M-SHORAD program Combining RADA\u2019s radar with Leonardo\u2019s suite of capabilities would make providing such systems much easier, he said.<\/p>\n

Bringing radar systems in-house will also bolster DRS\u2019 ability to provide electronic warfare capabilities, Lynn said, which has also been a vital capability in the Ukraine war.<\/p>\n

Lynn said Leonardo DRS is not now directly selling its systems to Ukraine, but it has sold targeting systems for armored vehicles to Germany and Sweden that those nations could provide to Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Leonardo DRS and RADA have worked together several times over the years, most notably on the Army\u2019s M-SHORAD, or Maneuver Short Range Air Defense program. Lynn said that familiarity will ease the merging of the two companies.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you merge two companies together, you worry about the cultural fit. If you have to strangers, that\u2019s a lot more risk,\u201d Lynn said. \u201cKnowing each other as well as we do, we\u2019re quite confident that we\u2019re going to work well together.\u201d<\/p>\n

And he does not expect any issues to emerge in the regulatory process that could disrupt the deal.<\/p>\n

RADA chief executive Dov Sella said in the Tuesday that the combination of the two tech-focused defense companies, with both an international presence and involvement in key U.S. defense programs, will benefit both firms\u2019 shareholders and increase RADA\u2019s competitiveness.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe transaction represents the first time a major U.S.-based defense company backed by a global defense prime has acquired a significant Israeli defense technology company,\u201d Sella said. \u201cThis unique transaction will strengthen the Israeli defense industry and set trends and direction for the future.<\/p>\n

Fuente: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.defensenews.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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