Tel Aviv: Israeli technology helps dismounted forces to use their personal weapons to counter the growing threat of armed drones.
The US subsidiary of Israeli company Smart Shooter has received a new order from the United States Marine Corps (USMC) for its SMASH 2000L fire control systems.
The Marine Corps is procuring SMASH 2000L as an interim capability to address its urgent requirement for dismounted Counter-small-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) solutions. The USMC gained hands-on experience with the system through earlier testing, and this latest order represents the next step towards full adoption across the entire Marine Corps.
According to the company, SMASH 2000L its lightest handheld-operated fire control system—leverages artificial intelligence, computer vision, and advanced tracking algorithms to enable dismounted forces to detect, track, and precisely eliminate aerial and ground threats. Especially, effective against drones and sUAS, SMASH 2000L provides a reliable and combat-proven hard-kill solution to an evolving and urgent battlefield threat.
Initially tested and selected by the US Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office (JCO) and the Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate (IWTSD) (formally known as the Counter-Terrorism Technical Support Office) as the kinetic solution for squad-level counter-drone missions, the SMASH system continues to gain traction across multiple branches of the US military. It has already been fielded by US Special Forces, the Marine Corps, and several NATO allies.
Michal Mor, CEO of Smart Shooter said that with the Israeli developed system the US Marines are equipped with an effective, combat-proven solution against the growing threat of drones on the battlefield.
“This new order is an important step toward potential adoption of the SMASH fire control systems at the squad level, and we remain committed to supporting the Marine Corps with cutting-edge, operationally proven kinetic capabilities,” Michal Mor added.
The combat-proven systems is deployed by defence and security forces in the US, Israel, the UK, NATO, and other allied nations.
-The writer is an Israel-based freelance journalist. The views expressed are of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the views of Raksha Anirveda
