PHOTO: Jordanian CN235 gunship with air-to-ground rockets

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CN-235 gunship modified by ATK for the Royal Jordanian Air Force seen landing at Meachem airfield, Ft Worth Texas.

The U.S. Navy signed an agreement with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan April 14 for the first international sale of the Department’s Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS).

The initial Foreign Military Sale (FMS) includes procurement of the weapons as well as logistics and engineering support for integration on the Jordanian CN-235 gunship.

The Navy and industry partner BAE Systems plan to deliver APKWS to the Jordanian Kingdom in 2016.

the CN-235 CN processed by ATK-235 Gunship to the Jordanian Air Force.

Note the weapons pylon on the side and ECM installation on the aircraft tail. The photo has been taken last October at Meachem International Airport in Fort Worth, Texas.

APKWS modifies unguided 2.75-inch rockets with a semi-active laser guidance section to transform the rockets currently used in the Jordanian fleet into low-cost, precision guided munitions.

Currently employed from U.S. Navy MH-60 Seahawk and Marine Corps UH/AH-1 Light Attack helicopters,
APKWS has been successfully demonstrated from a variety of fixed wing platforms capable of firing the weapon in comparable flight regimes.

The gunship configured CN-235 is being developed by the US company ATK under a contract from the King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB) of the Kingdom of Jordan.

Two aircraft will be converted into special mission aircraft under the program.

They will be tasked special operations support, counterinsurgency, and border surveillance and security missions.

The modification include the installation of electro-optical turret for reconnaissance and target acquisition, a fire control computer and ATK’s STAR Mission System, providing both day and night reconnaissance and fire control capabilities, acquiring, monitoring and tracking targets of interest in day and night.

For the KADDB on behalf of the Jordan Armed Forces, ATK will install and integrate electro-optical targeting systems, a laser designator, aircraft self-protection equipment,
and an armaments capability that includes Hellfire laser-guided missiles, 2.75-inch rockets, and a M230 link-fed 30mm chain gun.

ATK’s M230 family of guns serves on the Apache helicopter.

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