Thales 2.75-inch Rockets Certified for Firing from Arnold Defense Air and Land Launchers

摘要

Arnold Defense, the St Louis-based manufacturer of 2.75-inch rocket launchers, together with Thales, has achieved formal certification to fire the Thales FZ90 2.75-inch rocket from the complete range of Arnold Defense rocket launchers. Working in partnership with Thales, Arnold Defense successfully certified their long-standing LAU and M-Series (lightweight) air-to-ground range of launchers and their more recently released MLHS and FLETCHER ground-to-ground launchers. The certification was achieved following a live firing programme that took place at Dillon Aero's desert range facility near Phoenix, Arizona Jan 18-21,2021. Dillon Aero's 950-acre test range can accommodate live firing of up to 30-mm machine guns, 2.75-inch rockets as well as landing most aircraft on their 4,500ft runway. During the tests, a significant number of rockets were fired from the entire range of Arnold Defense land, aerial and maritime launchers mounted on a helicopter for air-to-ground tests and on a vehicle integrated system for ground-to-ground tests. All of the launchers tested passed the certification process to allow Thales rockets to be fired by current and future users of Arnold Defense launchers.