<\/u>La amenaza creciente de los enjambres de drones, misiles y lanchas r\u00e1pidas, es un verdadero problema para las Unidades Navales. El proyecto de DARPA denominado MAD-FIRES (Multi \u2013Azimut Defense Fast Intercept Round Engagement System), tiene por objetivo desarrollar un proyectil que combine el guiado y la precisi\u00f3n de los Misiles, con el disparo en repetici\u00f3n y bajo costo de los proyectiles de las armas de tubo.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Attacks by unmanned vehicles, missiles, small planes, fast in-shore attack craft and other platforms pose a perennial, evolving and potentially lethal threat to ships and other maritime vessels. The escalating risks posed by these ever-morphing threats demand that vessels have access to defensive capabilities at the leading edge of air and surface combat technologies. In particular, current close-range gun systems would greatly benefit from an ability to engage multiple and diverse targets coming from a range of directions and do so rapidly and with high precision.<\/p>\n
To help meet these needs and greatly enhance maritime vessels\u2019 survivability in contested environments, DARPA has created the Multi-Azimuth Defense\u2014Fast Intercept Round Engagement System (MAD-FIRES) program. The goal of the program is to design and develop technologies associated with a medium-caliber guided projectile that would combine the guidance, precision and accuracy generally afforded by missiles with the speed, rapid-fire capability and large ammunition capacity afforded by bullets.<\/p>\n
MAD-FIRES aims to advance the state-of-the-art in defensive gun systems by creating a new, low-cost technological foundation for guided, gun-launched projectiles. Specifically, MAD-FIRES aims to incorporate enhanced ammunition rounds able to alter their flight path in real time to stay on target, and a capacity to continuously target, track and engage multiple fast-approaching targets simultaneously and re-engage any targets that survive initial engagement.<\/p>\n
Envisioned benefits of MAD-FIRES for future systems include:<\/p>\n