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LEFT: 21 Guardian-class patrol boats are being gifted by Australia to 12 Pacific Island nations under the Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Project
ers and are currently being upgraded with the design work being undertaken at EOS’ Singapore facility.
Test and evaluation of the company’s newest and largest RWS, the R800, is scheduled to begin in the US in March in preparation for joining EOS’ counter-drone portfolio.
Employing the same interface as other EOS RWS, the R800 boasts the additional capacity to mount an ATK Mk.44S 30mm cannon with dual ammunition feeds as well as a coaxially-mounted machine gun and an anti-tank or air defence missile package.
How does EOS succeed in selling complex and sensitive products in the fiercely-competitive international market?
As Sanderson explains: “We make the most accurate high-end weapons stations in the world; we are the lightest for the payloads we operate; and we deliver the most-precise lethal effect.
“We’re not cheap but we are market-competitive, and we sell to customers who care about performance, and there’s enough of those customers around to make the business profitable. And we think and invest forward; we’re always technologically at the leading edge.
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