RADA’s MHR part of the X-MADIS Solution wins prize at SOFWERX ThunderDrone RPE III Event
12 July 2018 - 5:00PM
RADA Electronic Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ:RADA)
announced that RADA together with its partners, Ascent Vision and
Sierra Nevada Corporation, won a $200,000 prize at the SOFWERX
ThunderDrone Rapid Prototyping Event (RPE) III demonstration, with
its X-MADIS mobile drone defeat system.
RADA’s Multi-Mission Hemispheric Radar (MHR) is
the primary detection and tracking sensor of X-MADIS (the
eXpeditionary Mobile Aerial Defense Integrated System), tailored
for Counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) missions. Combined
with other state of the art systems (Electro-Optical/Infrared and
electronic warfare equipment), the system is integrated into a
commercial off-road vehicle. It can detect, locate, identify,
track, exploit and defeat an enemy UAS on the move or while in a
stationary position, protecting airports, no-fly zones and other
high-value infrastructure.
X-MADIS excelled at every stage in the exercise,
proving it could provide solutions for a broad range of threats.
The award was presented late last month at Nellis Air Force Base in
Nevada.
Dov Sella, RADA’s CEO,
commented, "We are very proud to be part of the industry
team achieving this success for X-MADIS. The system is a derivate
of a system deployed successfully with a Department of Defense
customer. Therefore, it demonstrates that our technology is
highly scalable, flexible and truly adaptable for multi-mission
environments.”
The SOFWERX RPE demonstration events, also
called Game of Drones, began in June 2017. More than 450
technological capabilities aimed to tackle sea, land, and air-based
UAS, tactical swarms, payloads (kinetic/non-kinetic/sensors), and
their associated data science applications. ThunderDrone RPE
III was the culmination of the events, and provided a venue for
systems of various technologies to be tested in a true field
environment.
The exercise was formally evaluated by a
government assessment team. SOFWERX is a Partnership Intermediary
Agreement between Doolittle Institute and the United States Special
Operations Command (USSOCOM), created to investigate new technology
in an effort to put the most advanced capabilities into our
warfighters’ hands.
For more information, see the SOFWERX
website.
About RADA
RADA Electronic Industries Ltd. is an
Israel-based defense electronics contractor. The Company
specializes in the development, production, and sales of Tactical
Land Radars for Force and Border Protection, and Avionics Systems
(including Inertial Navigation Systems) for fighter aircraft and
UAVs.
Company
Contact:Gil Schwartz (VP, BD & Marketing)Tel: +972-9-892-1111
mrkt@rada.com www.rada.com |
Investor
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