Our high-speed, highly precise solutions are also used in applications such as train tilting systems and Hollywood camera crane drive and stabilisation systems.

In this Feature BATTLESPACE looks inside the turret of an armoured vehicle with those manufacturers who design and develop these systems, Curtiss-Wright, IEE Displays, Oxley and BCB International.

From the outside, the turret system on a ground vehicle may appear a straightforward mechanism.

Industrial participation is seen as a way to develop and maintain production, technology and expertise, so that critical defense products and services can continue to be produced under emergency conditions.

In support of the Australian Army’s Project Land 400 Phase 2 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle (CRV), Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions’ Switzerland-based Drive Technology business is supplying its modular Turret Drive Servo System (TDSS) and hand controller technologies to Rheinmetall Landsysteme.

Curtiss-Wright will supply its Electric Gun Turret Drive Upgrade Kit to Raytheon as part of a turret drive and stabilization system upgrade solution for M60 and Challenger 1 main battle tanks (MBT).