Length
2.2m
Diameter
115mm
Wing span
300mm
Mass
36kg
The Skynex SkyKnight Air Defence System (SS-ADS) provides rapidly deployable, comprehensive inner-layer protection against a wide variety of asymmetric and conventional threats, including rockets, artillery shells, mortars (RAM), ballistic bombs and stand-off weapons. Able to track and neutralise up to 80 incoming targets at one time, the SkyKnight Missile System provides protection for static assets, as well as conditional protection for mobile and mechanised forces.
Transportable in 20-foot cargo containers, the system can be deployed statically for long periods of time and then relocated, or permanently installed in a single location.
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SPECIFICATIONS
PROVIDES DEFENCE FOR
- Static assets: urban areas, buildings, airports, ports, critical infrastructure, forward operating bases
- Mobile assets: mobile convoy (conditional), mechanised convoy (limited), front lines of own forces (conditional)
PROTECTS AGAINST
- Rockets, artillery shells and mortars (RAM)
- Ballistic bombs
- Stand-off weapons, including UAVs, precision guided munitions (PGMs), cruise missiles and glide bombs
- Conventional threats, including fighter ground-attack (FGA) aircra and helicopters
SYSTEM COMPONENTS
- Oerlikon Skynex Control Node
- Up to 4 x Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Multi-Mission Radar (AMMR) surveillance and tracking radars
- Up to 4 x SkyKnight Missile Launcher Units (MLU)
- 60 x SkyKnight Missile Rounds (MR) per MLU
- Up to 4 x Oerlikon Revolver Guns (RG) Mk3 with AHEAD airburst ammunition
Performance
Intercept ranges
Key Features
MISSILES
| RAM threats | 4,000m |
| PGM | 6,000m |
| Rotary wing, UAV and CM | 10,000m |
| Fixed wing | 10,000m / 8,000m (high g maneuvering) |
Guns
| FW/RW | 4,000m |
| Mortars, small UAVs | 1,500m |
Rate of Fire
- Up to 4 x RG Mk3 guns: 1,000 rounds/minute per gun
- Up to 20 x missiles simultaneously per MLU
- Up to x 80 missiles in flight at the same time per battery
MISSILE PARAMETERS
| Length | 2.2m |
| Diameter | 115mm |
| Wing span | 300mm |
| Mass | 36kg |
SKYKNIGHT Video
