DSEi 2011Welcome to The Hall & Watts Defence Group of Companies
Hall & Watts Defence Optics
Artillery Sights
Weapon Sights
Compass Equipment
MAS Zengrange
Remote Initiation
Shock Tube Initiation
Mortar Fire Control
Artillery Fire Control
Target Sighting
Hearing Protection
Hall & Watts Defence Optics
Hall & Watts Defence Optics (HWDO) is a company specialising in the production of Opto-mechanical instruments and is well known to the UK Ministry of Defence and Defence Forces worldwide. HWDO is proud of its position in the defence optics industry and continues to provide high quality products, technical and training support as it has done for many decades.
Innovative, simple, yet cost effective designs of products have been identified as major factors in our success together with a thorough understanding of the military market through specially selected personnel in both engineering, sales and product support areas within the company.
MAS Zengrange
MAS Zengrange (MASZ) designs and manufactures technically advanced RF, communications and real-time software products. Expertise in digital signal processing supports world leadership in digital communications technologies.
Defence products include communications security, digital radio, programmable modems, fire control systems, remote detonation systems, and command and control systems.
For Command and Control applications, MASZ has taken advantage of increased computing and microprocessor performance to base system architecture on handheld, PDA, notebook and laptop computers. Outstanding levels of reliability have been proven in field deployment, including operations use world-wide. Highly valued attributes are:
- The enhanced quality of information transfer
- Efficiency
- Simple Man-Machine Interface
The product family includes:
- MASZ Burst Radio Modems for military HF, VHF and UHF radios which connect battlefield computer systems enabling reliable and economic establishment of mobile tactical intranets;
- The MASZ LACS (Artillery) and MORFIRE (Infantry) C2 Systems are NATO Codified and in service in many countries. High performance is achieved through powerful integrated system communications managers exploiting the advantages of error-free packet transmissions.
Training and simulation systems developed by MASZ are in service world-wide. These include BIRIS, a Defence Safety Ordnance Group approved radio controlled system for initiating pyrotechnic and explosive devices during large-scale battlefield training exercises.
Remote Initiation systems incorporating advanced digital signal processing techniques, parallel processing and trusted software manufactured by MASZ, are ideal for use by special forces, military engineers and EOD teams. These are:
- Mini DRFD - a two key coded device for long range (circa 50km Line of Sight) and reliable detonation of charges which may be left unattended for very long periods;
- VIKING STI MK2 - a compact Dual Shock Initiation device designed to initiate shock tube either manually or by remote initiation.