La Fuerza Aérea Italiana está preparando a su C-27J de tranporte para realizar misiones de protección a sus tropas desplegadas en Afganistán, especialmente la búsqueda de explosivos.
Uno de los nuevos sistemas es un perturbador que impida que los artefactos exploten y otro en un radar Thales Alenia para su detección, tanto si están bajo tierra como si están en superficie.
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The Italian air force is readying its C-27J Spartan tactical airlifter for war duty with upgrades aimed at protecting ground troops from improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
The expansion into the counter-IED role is initially intended to aid Italian forces in western Afghanistan, but other regions eventually will be included.
Two systems are being developed for the new mission. One is effectively a jammer to disable IED.
The second system is a Thales Alenia Space ground-penetrating radar, which has been developed to detect IEDs hidden on or just below the surface.
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