Slovenia Becomes 23rd Nation to Order Leonardo s Man-portable Laser Designators
Leonardo s Type 163 Laser Target Designator (LTD) has captured the market by combining high-power and reliability with high-portability. This has been possible because of Leonardo s experience in building lasers for aircraft, where space and power are at a premium
Other customers for the product include the U.K., Italy and the United States. U.S. users include Special Operations Forces, the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Air National Guard
More than 700 units have been ordered by 23 nations, making the Type 163 LTD an international best-seller
Leonardo has signed a contract to supply the Slovenian Defence Ministry with its Type 163 Laser Target Designator (LTD) for the Slovenian Armed Forces. The contract makes Slovenia the 23rd nation to order the Type 163 LTD, more than 700 units of which have now been sold in total by Leonardo. The global success of the product reinforces Leonardo’s market leadership
Balkan republic becomes 23rd country to order high-energy target designator from Leonardo.
Slovenia has become the latest nation to order Type 163 man-portable laser target designators (LTDs) from Leonardo, in a contract with an undisclosed value.
Weighing 2.3kg, the Type 163 is the most compact high-energy laser product offered by Leonardo for ground forces. Features include immediate firing from switch-on and a continuous lasing capability, producing a high-energy laser with a narrow beam divergence.
More than 700 units of the Type 163 have been sold to date. It was developed in response to the market need for a lightweight and compact laser designator for Joint Terminal Attack Controllers.
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greta: there is a little more extra time to think than if this were a 15 minute fight. right. greta: there were two drones over it. how well can they identify at night what is going on on the ground? they have multiple sensors. the most useful at night s an ir sensor an infrared and through this you you can see through the night. you can see through the dust and fog of battle and spot individuals on the ground. they appear as tiny little black specks on the screen and you could clearly see for instance a mortar section setting up outside the annex and groups of people marching on the annex in some type of formation and could clearly track what you see through the drone through the information that you are getting from the man on the spot on top of that annex. in addition, he had a laser target designator. this is a large binocular like desize that laces the target. as soon as an ac 130 got