QinetiQ North America (QNA) has been awarded a contract for supply of its Q-Net rocket propelled grenade (RPG) defeat system for installation onboard the US Army’s mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) all-terrain vehicles (M-ATVs).
Under the $18.3m contract, the company will update RPG protection on the army’s newly purchased M-ATVs with an upgraded version of the original protection kit it had manufactured and delivered from 2009 to 2011 for more than 7,500 vehicles.
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QinetiQ North America Technology Solutions executive vice-president and general manager Andy Rogers said the Q-Net offers lightweight, easy-to-install, superior protection against RPG attacks.
”The US military continues to show its confidence in both the M-ATV and Q-Net, and we are proud to provide our warfighters this important, life-saving RPG protection system,” Rogers said.
Easily adaptable to a range of platforms, the Q-Net is an ultra-light weight and affordable add-on armour kit, designed to safeguard military armoured vehicles against RPG attacks in the battlefield.
Capable of resisting multiple hits, the system is similar to other add-on systems, like slat armour cages, but is cheaper and is 50-60% lighter, enabling integration on light vehicles that cannot support slat, including high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles (HMMWV).
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By GlobalDataThe vehicles protected by Q-Net, including Humvees, RG-31s, M-ATVs, can operate as designed without the burden of excessive weight that results in higher roll-over risk, wear and tear on operating systems and excessive fuel consumption.
The Q-Net system has extensively been deployed by the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan over the last few years. Manufactured by Oshkosh, the M-ATV has the survivability and off-road mobility required for these harsh environments.
Image: Polish Army’s Rosomak-M1M fitted with QinetiQ RPGNet in Ghazni, Afghanistan. Photo: courtesy of Sgt. Justin Howe.
