Poland consideed the multinational US-EU Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) for its medium range air defense system aka WISLA. But MEADS has not made it to the finals, as the Poles demanded that only operationally proven systems will be considered (MEADS is still in the development phase). Although MEADS is ‘overqualified’ for the Polish plans, MEADS International has been invited to participate in the technical discussions expected to be held in the first quarter of 2015. “We have built and tested a new generation of networked air and missile defense radars, launchers and battle managers,” said MEADS International executive vice president Volker Weidemann. “MEADS is now ready for continuation programs in Germany and Italy, and for Poland’s Narew program.” While ‘Narew’ requires less than what MEADS delivers, MEADS officials are confident their weapon system could provide a common system addressing Polands’ short and medium range requirements. ‘If MEADS would be selected for ‘Narew’, we believe Poland could reconsider the system for WISLA as well’ company officials commented. According to MEADS program management, MEADS is designed to defend up to eight times the coverage area of existing Patriot systems, with far fewer system assets with significantly reduced demand for deployed personnel and equipment and for airlift. MEADS is also designed for high reliability and needs fewer personnel to operate.MEADS is currently being evaluated as candidate for the German Taktisches Luftverteidigungssystem (TLVS), a new generation of air defenses that require a flexible architecture based on strong networking capabilities. MEADS is also expected to become the basis of a national defense system in Italy. Formal decisions by both are expected early 2015 and a follow‐on is being developed for transition.
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 01:52:27 +0000
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