BUSK includes: high-powered, hand-held directional spotlight, sight protection for the turret external optics consisting of a mesh encased in a steel frame and a lightweight, non-conductive ‘dome tent’ structure to protect turret and crew from low-hanging electrical power lines. Under a contract awarded in January 2008, BAE Systems supplied 952 Bradley urban survivability kits (BUSK). The electronics system includes a databus with central processors and digital information displays for commander, driver and squad leader. The thermal imaging DRS Technologies driver’s vision enhancer (DVE), ANVAS-5, uses a 320×240 uncooled ferroelectric scanning array.Ī combat identification system is being installed. The IBAS also has day TV and direct view optics, automatic dual target tracking, eyesafe laser rangefinder and a two-axis stabilised head mirror. The imagers are based on a 480×4 scanning infrared focal plane array. The upgrade includes the improved Bradley acquisition system (IBAS) for the TOW missile from DRS Technologies and commander’s independent thermal viewer (CITV), from Raytheon which use second-generation thermal imagers derived from the US Army’s horizontal technology initiative (HTI). The US Army’s requirement is for 2,545 upgraded Bradley A3 vehicles. In July 2007, a further 172 vehicles (108 A2, 60 A3, four BFIST) were contracted. In August 2006, a follow on contract was awarded for 96 vehicles (57 M2A3, 16 A3 BFIST and 22 A2 ODS BFIST) and, in November 2006, for 610 vehicles (490 A3 and 120 A2ODS). A further $270m contract was awarded for the conversion of 245 ODS-SA vehicles in October 2011.īAE Systems received a $47m contract to update 95 Bradley vehicles with new equipment and technology in February 2011. The US Army placed a $250m contract in November 2010 to procure long-lead items for 247 Bradley Operation Desert Storm Situational Awareness (ODS-SA) vehicle conversion kits.Ī total of 202 kits have been used for the conversion of Bradley ODS vehicles to the Bradley ODS-SA configuration and remaining will be retained for future vehicle conversions.
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