The onboard defense system comprises
integrated technical means designed to identify and classify the threat of the
protected object’s destruction, and also to neutralize it.
MOSCOW, June 16. /TASS/. Russia’s Radio-Electronic Technologies Group
(KRET), part of the state hi-tech corporation Rostec, is at the final stage of
developing the most advanced defensive aids system Khibiny-U, Adviser to the
KRET first deputy CEO Vladimir Mikheyev told TASS on Friday.
"We are moving forward and are currently at the final stage of developing new technologies, for example, the Khibiny-U," Mikheyev said.
"We are moving forward and are currently at the final stage of developing new technologies, for example, the Khibiny-U," Mikheyev said.
The
Khibiny-U is the next-generation modification of the onboard defense system
with expanded capabilities by the frequency band, the range of targets and
other parameters, he said.
A contract
with Russia’s Defense Ministry for developing the Khibiny-U onboard electronic
warfare system was signed at the MAKS aerospace show outside Moscow in 2013. It
was reported that the contract for carrying out R&D work to develop the
fighter jets’ defense system against surface-to-air missiles and conducting all
types of trials was worth 1.6 billion rubles ($28 million at the current
exchange rate).
The onboard
defense system comprises integrated technical means designed to identify and
classify the threat of the protected object’s destruction, and also to
neutralize it.
Source: ITAR-TASS 16-06-2017
