BARCO Selected for Ericsson’s Artillery Hunting Radar Project
WASHINGTON, DC, October 13th, 1997 -- BARCO Display Systems has been awarded a contract worth over a half million dollars by Ericsson, Norway to provide a series of Multi-Purpose Rugged Displays for integration in Ericsson’s ARTillery HUnting Radar (ARTHUR) Project.
BARCO will supply high resolution Multi-Purpose Rugged Displays (MPRD 9651) to be integrated in an undisclosable number of vehicles for Ericsson’s ARTHUR Artillery Hunting Radar project, which is a state-of-the-art ground vehicle system based on the well-known Ericsson C-band radar technology.Ericsson selected BARCO’s MPRD 9651 because it met the stringent shock, temperature and vibration environmental requirements for the ARTHUR ground vehicle, while still maintaining an extremely compact, rugged package.
The ground vehicles are targeted for the Swedish and Norwegian Ministries of Defense, and will be utilized by the Armed Forces of both countries together with other sophisticated artillery equipment, as part of an integrated artillery fire control solution.
About BarcoView:
BarcoView with operation facilities in Kortrijk (Belgium), Toulouse (France), Atlanta, Georgia and Portland, Oregon (USA) designs and manufactures high-resolution display systems, displays, graphics controllers and display subsystems for highly demanding niche markets such as C4I, avionics, vessel and air traffic control, vehicle electronics, and medical imaging applications.
Alongside Barco Projection Systems and BarcoVision, BarcoView is one of the three strategic activities of the BARCO Group, which are all active in Image Processing. Barco Projection is in various markets of large screen visualization, whereas BarcoVision develops systems for visual inspection and quality control. In 2000, the entire BARCO group delivered a turnover of euro 751 million. BARCO has a network of subsidiaries, distributors and agents in 97 countries throughout the world. BARCO has been quoted on the Brussels Stock Exchange since 1986, and is now quoted on Brussels/Euronext. BARCO is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company and is member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes.
