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BAMSE Missile

The air defence missile system (RBS 23) BAMSE is a joint venture between Saab Bofors Dynamics (former Bofors Missiles) and Ericsson Microwave Systems in which Saab Bofors Dynamics has the overall system responsibility.

The system has all-weather capability and a missile range exceeding the stand-off distance for electro-optical controlled weapons. With an effective altitude coverage of up to 15 km and a range of more than 15 km, the BAMSE system is suitable not only for protection of vital military objects and manoeuvrable ground forces, but also for protection of infrastructure vital to an entire nation.

An other unique feature of the highly versatile BAMSE system is that it can destroy such very small, fast targets as air-to surface attack missiles, anti-radiation missiles, UAVs and cruise missiles.

A BAMSE battery normally comprises one Surveillance Co-ordination Centre (SCC) and three Missile Control Centres (MCCs), each containing up to six ready-to-fire missiles.

Firing BAMSE in high elevation.

Surveillance Co-ordination Centre (SCC)
The SCC has a 3D surveillance radar with a characteristic 8 or 12 m high antenna mast that enables it to operate over terrain obstacles. The SCC includes such features as automatic tracking, continuous threat evaluation and engagement planning. Up to four MCCs can be individually co-ordinated by a SCC, which also has the capability to co-ordinate and control other types of Air Defence systems.
The SCC is developed and manufactured by Ericsson Microwave Systems.

Missile Control Centre (MCC)
The MCC is the firing unit towed by a cross-country vehicle, which also transports missiles for reloading. The MCC Fire Control Radar, Thermal Imaging System, IFF and weather sensor are mounted on a stabilised platform on top of a raisable 8 metre high mast. The Fire Control Radar carries out missile guidance. Threat evaluation and engagement planning is also performed in the MCC. The capability of the MCC to acquire and track low-flying targets is considerably improved by the fact that it is possible to look over obstacles near the deployment site.
The MCC is developed and manufactured by Saab Bofors Dynamics, except for the MCC Fire Control Radar which is developed and manufactured by Ericsson Microwave Systems AB.

You can find more detailed information about BAMSE on the following web sites:

Newcon Data AB has during the years, from 1993 to 1998, performed a number of software projects related to the Missile Control Centre (MCC) in the BAMSE system.

Software for graphic presentation

  • Adaptation and development of software in 'C' (device drivers for video, joystick and I/O communication) for Sun Solaris 2.5 on THEMIS 20MP SPARC VME board.

Software for Texas TMS320C30 signal processor based CPU board

  • Development of software functions written in Assembler: BSP (Board Support Package), built-in test and programming of FlashPROM.
  • Adaptation of Ada Tartan "debug-kernel" and "run-time" routines, written in Ada and Assembler, to the CPU board.
  • Adaptation of software written in 'C' for extern PC based debug monitor for the Texas TMS320C30 signal processor.
  • Development of a PC based measurement and data logging system. Data was collected through the built-in high speed serial ports in the Texas TMS320C30 signal processor. Software written in 'C' and Assembler for Texas TMS320C30 and Intel 80x86 processors.
  • Development of device drivers for Intel 82510 and Zilog 85230 UART's. Software written in Assembler and Ada.
  • Development of software in Assembler and Ada, for communication through the built-in high speed serial ports in the Texas TMS320C30 signalprocessor.

Software for pSOS+ real-time OS on Motorola VME-167 (MVME-167) CPU board

  • Development of functions for programming of FlashPROM etc in Boot Loader.
  • Development of software in 'C' for communication through LAN (Ethernet), UDP/IP, with Surveillance Co-ordination Centre (SCC).
  • Development of software in 'C' for pSOS+ based system for test of LAN (Ethernet) communication.
  • Development of test simulator, software written in 'C', for test of communication through LAN (Ethernet) with Intel 80C196 based system.

Software for LAN (Ethernet) communication

  • Development of device drivers for external synchronisation and LAN (Ethernet) communication controller Intel 82596 on Intel 80C196, Texas TMS320C30 and Motorola VME-167 based CPU boards. Software written in 'C'.
  • Development of software, in 'C' and Assembler, for communication through LAN (Ethernet), on Intel 80C196, Texas TMS320C30 and Motorola VME-167 based CPU boards.
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