Birc Looks for Bill.The Swedish Army The Swedish Army (Swedish: Armén) is the army branch of the Swedish Armed Forces, the military of Sweden. Organization The peace time organization of the Swedish Army is divided into a number of regiments for the different corps. is currently testing a third-generation infrared sight for the Bill 2 produced by Saab Bofors Dynamics Saab Bofors Dynamics, located in Karlskoga, Sweden, is a subsidiary of Saab AB that specializes in defense materiel such as missile systems and anti-tank systems. Its corporate heritage goes back to Bofors, which was founded in 1873. . Designated Bite, the sight uses a quantum well infrared photodetector A quantum well infrared photodetector (QWIP), is an infrared photodetector made from semiconductor materials which contain one or more quantum wells. These can be integrated together with electronics and optics to make infrared cameras for thermography. (Qwip)-based fixed detector array. While the GaAs detector chips are manufactured in Sweden by the industrial Microefectronics Centre in Stockholm to guarantee total supply independence, the cooling system cooling system: see air conditioning; internal-combustion engine; refrigeration. cooling system Apparatus used to keep the temperature of a structure or device from exceeding limits imposed by needs of safety and efficiency. and detector electronics are supplied by Flir Systems. As the chart herewith here·with adv. 1. Along with this. 2. By this means; hereby. herewith Adverb Formal together with this: shows, the Birc offers vastly improved performance -- and more notably target identification at close to the full range of the Bill 2 missile. This confirms the need for certain armed forces involved in multiple-nation missions to be able to fully identify a target prior to pulling the trigger. The Birc has an aperture of 110 mm and two electrically controlled fields of view: 4.6 [degrees] x 3.4 [degrees] and 2.3 [degrees] x 1.7 [degrees]. The unit drops onto the existing day sight without any further adjustment. A hand-held version of the Birc is also under study. The subject of sighting and night vision technology will be reviewed in a forthcoming issue of Armada International. [GRAPH OMITTED] |
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