TheSVP-24is a navigation system that acts as a computerizedbomb sightmanufactured byRussiancompanyGefest & T,that is claimed to provide similar accuracy to guided munitions. It uses theContinually Computed Release Point(CCRP) technology. It proved to be highly effective in theRussian military intervention in the Syrian Civil Warand is being rolled out to allbombersin service with theRussian Aerospace ForcesandRussian Naval Aviation.[1][2]
Design
editThe SVP-24 consists of aGLONASS-supportednav/attack system,a new mission computer,liquid crystal displays,aflight recorder,and a keyboard. It reduces the time needed to program the aircraft's systems before a mission, and it improves the precision of unguided ordnance. It also allows the mission computer to be pre-programmed for automatic weapons release:forward air controllersare able to transmit standardised target coordinates to SVP-24-equipped aircraft. These are automatically fed into the aircraft's nav/attack system, which then generates flight direction commands for the crew to follow. Bombs are then released automatically, without the necessity of acquiring the target with the help of other on-board systems. This system's precision relies entirely on that of the GLONASS signal. As of 2015, the standard-precision GLONASS signal was insufficient for such purposes. Hence, in the first months of theRussian military intervention in the Syrian civil war,Russian aircraft equipped with the SVP-24 usually missed their targets by around 100 metres. Starting in mid-October 2015,differential correctionstations were installed to improve the signal's precision. This improved the average precision of the air strikes to 30–40 metres.[3]
User aircraft
editSukhoi Su-24M
editA modernization of theSu-24Mwas introduced in 2000 with the "Sukhoi" program and in 1999 with the "Gefest" program. It includes the SVP-24, a new HUD (ILS-31, like in Su-27SM or KAI-24) and expanded armament options (Kh-31,Kh-59MK,KAB-500S). The last batch of aircraft modernised in accordance to the Sukhoi program was delivered to theVVSin 2009.[4]The modernization continues with the program "Gefest". All Su-24s in the Central Military District received the SVP-24 in 2013.[5]
Sukhoi Su-25
editTheSu-25SM3received the SVP-24 as a result of experience in Syria.[6]
Sukhoi Su-33
editIn September 2016, it was announced theSu-33would be outfitted with the SVP-24.[7][8]
Tupolev Tu-22M3
editTheTu-22M3is being upgraded with the SVP-24-22 system, and digital processing for the aircraft's radar. A SVP-24-22-equipped Tu-22M underwent trials in 2009, and the program has been ordered into production, with deliveries starting in 2012.[9]
Tupolev Tu-95
editTheTu-95MSis to be upgraded with the SVP-24.[10]
Tupolev Tu-142
editTheRussian Navyplans to upgrade theTu-142anti-submarine aircraftwith the installation of the SVP-24 bombing system.[11]
References
editNotes
edit- ^"Naval Sukhoi Su-24M to get SVP-24 Gefest sighting system".
- ^"Цена войны — цена боеприпаса (Price of war is price of ammo)".Izvestia(in Russian). 7 July 2017.Retrieved7 July2017.
- ^Cooper 2018,pp. 26–27
- ^"Upgraded Su-24M2 Bombers to Russian Air Force".defencetalk.17 December 2009.Archivedfrom the original on 28 November 2014.Retrieved14 November2014.
- ^"Su-24 bombers are equipped with" Gefest "system".engineeringrussia.28 May 2013.Archivedfrom the original on 25 December 2014.Retrieved14 November2014.
- ^"Russia's modified Su-25SM3 'flying tank' to join army's ranks after Syria battle tests".rbth.2 October 2017.Retrieved1 August2020.
- ^"SVP-24".deagel.Retrieved7 April2019.
- ^"ВМФ России ударит по террористам в Сирии с особой точностью".iz.ru.2 September 2016.Retrieved7 April2019.
- ^Butowski, Piotr (March 2019). "Anti-carrier striker".Air International.Vol. 96, no. 3. p. 47.ISSN0306-5634.
- ^"Новые возможности Ту-95МС с системами управления от" Гефеста "".bmpd.livejournal.29 June 2017.Archivedfrom the original on 21 April 2019.Retrieved21 April2019.
- ^"Russian Navy to Upgrade Tu-142 MPA with SVP-24 Targeting System".navyrecognition.27 August 2018.Retrieved17 December2018.
Bibliography
editCooper, Tom (2018).Moscow's Game of Poker: Russian Military Intervention in Syria, 2015-2017.Warwick, UK: Helion & Company Publishing.ISBN978-1-912390-37-3.
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