GLOBAL SENSOR FUZED WEAPONS MARKET

INTRODUCTION

The tactical munition dispenser SUU-66/B that houses 10 BLU-108 submunitions makes up the Sensor Fuzed Weapons. Each Skeet submunition comes with four sensor-fused projectiles in the form of a hockey puck.

These identify target vehicles, including trucks, tanks, armoured personnel carriers, and other support vehicles, then fire an explosively produced penetrator downward at them.

Using infrared and laser sensors, the 40 Skeets scan a space of 1,500 by 500 feet , looking for targets through pattern-matching. A Skeet will launch an explosively produced penetrator to destroy its target once it has been located.

A Skeet will self-destruct if it cannot locate a target 50 feet (15 metres) above the ground; if this is unsuccessful, a backup timer will destroy the Skeet. These features lead to an unexploded-ordnance rate of fewer than 1% and are intended to prevent later civilian casualties from unexploded munitions.

An explosive cutting charge tears the dispenser skin into three panels as the Sensor Fuzed Weapons gets closer to its intended aim-point.

These panels are peeled off by the slipstream, revealing the 10 BLU-108 submunitions. The forward five submunitions are then ejected by an airbag.

The laser sensor picks up variations in apparent landscape height, such as a vehicle's contour. At the same time, infrared sensors pick up heat signatures, such those from a car's engine.

The Skeet detonates, blasting an explosively formed penetrator (EFP) down into the target at a high speed, sufficient to pierce armour plating and destroy what is protected by it, when the combination of height contours and heat signatures indicative of a target is recognized.

Even heavily armoured vehicles, such main battle tanks, are only minimally armoured above and very readily penetrated, despite having significant armor protection on the front and sides. Each bomb has the capacity to disperse penetrators .

GLOBAL SENSOR FUZED WEAPONS MARKET SIZE AND FORECAST

The Global Sensor Fuzed Weapons market accounted for $XX Billion in 2022 and is anticipated to reach $XX Billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of XX% from 2023 to 2030.

RECENT DEVELOPMENT

The Textron Systems Sensor-Fuzed Weapon (SFW), also known by the US Air Force designations CBU-97 or CBU-105 (see below), was created in collaboration with the US Air Force by Textron Systems (and its predecessor firms).

Although this system's submunitions have been the subject of patents since at least 1979, it wasn't until 1992 that they were put into production and utilized in battle during Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003).

With the Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD) series modification kits, the CBU-97 can be changed into the CBU-105, a precision guided munition (PGM).

Despite having a shorter CEP than certain other PGMs in use by developed armed forces (26 m (85 ft)), the WCMD is more than capable of delivering submunitions designed for area coverage.

COMPANY PROFILE

• Lockheed Martin Corporation
• MBDA France SAS
• Nexter Group
• NORINCO Group
• Northrop Grumman Corporation
• QinetiQ Group plc

THIS REPORT WILL ANSWER FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

1. How many Sensor Fuzed Weapons are manufactured per annum globally? Who are the sub-component suppliers in different regions?
2. Cost breakup of a Global Sensor Fuzed Weapons and key vendor selection criteria
3. Where is the Sensor Fuzed Weapons manufactured? What is the average margin per unit?
4. Market share of Global Sensor Fuzed Weapons market manufacturers and their upcoming products
5. Cost advantage for OEMs who manufacture Global Sensor Fuzed Weapons in-house
6. key predictions for next 5 years in Global Sensor Fuzed Weapons market
7. Average B-2-B Sensor Fuzed Weapons market price in all segments
8. Latest trends in Sensor Fuzed Weapons market, by every market segment
9. The market size (both volume and value) of the Sensor Fuzed Weapons market in 2023-2030 and every year in between?
10. Production breakup of Sensor Fuzed Weapons market, by suppliers and their OEM relationship