L??n???? ?n? N?xt??, ? c?m??n? ?? KNDS, h?v? j?intl? l??nch?? ? ??v?l??m?nt ??????m ?im?? t? int????c? ? n?w ??n ??? ?n th? M-346 Fi?ht?? Att?ck (FA). A?t?? ? s?cc?ss??l ???si?ilit? st???, which h?s ??m?nst??t?? th? c????ilit? ?? ???in? ? Link & C?s? R?c?v??? (LCR) s?st?m t? th? M-346 FA, L??n???? ?n? N?xt??, ? c?m??n? ?? KNDS, h?v? ??ci??? t? ???s?? ? j?int ??v?l??m?nt ?????t ?? int????tin? ? n?w 20mm c?nn?n ??? t? th? M-346FA. A 20 mm c?nn?n ?????s ?n ??v?nt?????s s?l?ti?n c?m????? t? 12.7 / .50 c?li??? in t??ms ?? ??n??, ???cisi?n ?n? ?in?l ????cts. Th? 20M621 w????n s?l?ti?n, ??s? t? int????t?, ?????t? ?n? m?int?in, is ? NATO c?li??? ITAR ???? s?l?ti?n ??si?n?? ??? ?i? ???lic?ti?n. As ?th??s w????ns ?n? s?st?ms ??v?l???? ?n? ?????c?? ?? N?xt?? ??? ?i? ??m?in, it is li?ht ?n? ?????s ????ctiv?n?ss ?n? ??????m?nc?. N?xt??, m?j?? ?ct?? in th? ??n ?i?in? ??ncti?n in ????n??tics ??m?in, is ?n? ?? th? ???? s???li??s ?n??l?? t? ??v?l?? ?n? ?????c? M??i?m C?li??? ??ns ?n? ?mm?niti?ns.

Phili??? R??n?s, H??? ?? W????n S?st?ms ?n? T????ts P?????ms ?t N?xt?? S?st?ms s?i?: W? ??? ????? ?? th? ??l?ti?nshi? ?? t??st w? h?v? ??ilt ?? with L??n???? ?? t?kin? th? c?nst??ints s??ci?ic t? ???i?l ?l?t???ms v??? s??i??sl?. F?? ?x?m?l?, th? s???t? ?? th?s? ?l?t???ms is ?ns???? ?? th? ??ct th?t ??? ??? ??c?v??s ?ll th? links ?n? c?sin?s ??t?? ?i?in?. Pl?s, th? NC621 is m?ch?nic?ll? h??m?nis?? t? ?????nt?? m?xim?m ???cisi?n ??? th? ?il?t. This s?st?m is ?n ?x?m?l? ?? ??? ?x???tis? ?s ? m??i?m c?li??? w????n m?n???ct????.

D??i? M???è – S?ni?? Vic? P??si??nt C?mm??ci?l, CSS&T & P????i?t??? P?????ms B?sin?ss ?t L??n???? Ai?c???t s?i?: “L??n???? is st??n?l? c?nvinc?? th?t N?xt?? is th? ?i?ht ???tn??. N?xt??’s 20 mm ??n ??? int????ti?n will ???st c?m??t ??s??nsiv?n?ss ?? M-346FA in H?m?l?n? D???ns?, COIN, CAS/Cl?s?-In C?m??t missi?ns, th?nks t? ?n ITAR ???? s?l?ti?n s?it??l? ??? m?n? c?st?m??s w??l?wi??”.

Th? M-346 FA is ? ‘li?ht c?m??t’ v??si?n ?? th? M-346 ??v?nc?? t??in?? with m?lti-??l? c????iliti?s incl??in? cl?s? ?i? s?????t missi?ns, ?v?n in ????n ????s, ??ttl?s??c? ?i? int???icti?n ??? n?ti?n?l ????nc? ?n? t?ctic?l ??c?nn?iss?nc?. Th? M-346 FA m?int?ins ?ll th? ???t???s ?? ? t??in?? ?i?c???t with th? ???iti?n ?? n?w ??n???ti?n ???i?m?nt ?n? s?ns??s, m?kin? it ?n ????ctiv? ?????ti?n?l s?l?ti?n in th? li?ht c?m??t ??l?. Th? M-346FA is ???t?ct?? ?? ? c?m?l?t? ??ssiv? ????nc? s?st?m (DASS – D???nsiv? Ai?s S??-S?st?m), whil? th? int????t?? c?mm?nic?ti?n s?st?m ?n? t?ctic?l ??t?link (TDL), which m?? ?ls? ?? int????t?? in ? v??si?n c?m?li?nt with NATO ????i??m?nts, ?ns??? th? hi?h?st l?v?ls ?? int????????ilit?. Th? M-346FA c?n int????t? ?i?????nt t???s ?? ??m?m?nts ?n? ?xt??n?l l???s, incl??in? ?i?-t?-?i? ?n? ?i?-t?-s????c? m?niti?ns (s?ch ?s IR, ????? ?n?/?? l?s??/GPS- ??i??? m?niti?ns), ??n ???s, ?n? t????t ??c?nn?iss?nc? ?n? ??si?n?ti?n ???s, int????t?? with H?lm?t M??nt?? Dis?l??s (HMD).

Th? ?i?c???t is ???i???? with ? m????n st?t? ?? ??t m?lti-m??? ?????: ? ????n???l?, hi?h-??????min? s?l?ti?n ?????in? s????i?? ?cc???c? ?n? ?n??lin? ?xc??ti?n?l s?st?m m???l??it?. Th? int????t?? ?n-????? t?ctic?l t??inin? sim?l?ti?n s?st?m – Em?????? T?ctic?l T??inin? S?st?m (ETTS) – c?n ?ls? ?? ?s?? in ??v?nc?? ?n? ???-?????ti?n?l t??inin?, ?????in? ? c?m?l?t? s??ct??m ?? sim?l?t?? in-?li?ht t??inin? ?????ti?ns in c?nj?ncti?n with th? Int????t?? T??inin? S?st?m (ITS) ?? th? M-346, which h?s Liv?, Vi?t??l, ?n? C?nst??ctiv? (LVC) ??ncti?ns. Th? M-346FA’s ??ilit? t? ?????l in ?li?ht ?n??l?s it t? ??????m l?n?-??n?? missi?ns ????i?in? ????t?? ??t?n?m? ?n? ? hi?h ?????? ?? ?n????nc?. Th? M-346FA ?ll?ws ?????t??s t? c?n??ct m?lti?l? ??l?s ?sin? ? sin?l? ?l?t???m. F?? ?x?m?l?, th? ?i?c???t c?n ????ctiv?l? c???? ??t A????ss?? ?n? C?m??ni?n T??in?? missi?ns, ?????in? ?s??s ? hi?hl? ?l?xi?l? ?l?t???m ??? t????’s ???i?l? ch?n?in? w??l?.