The command vehicles and weather stations are recent additions, designed to improve overall system performance on newer versions.

The Astros II artillery system entered service with the Brazilian Army in the early 1990s.

This fact made the Astros II multiple rocket launcher the most profitable weapon produced by Avibrás.

[9] Years earlier, the Astros II system had helped Angola to defeat the UNITA.

It is said that the venture will, for example, enable the Army to integrate the Astros with defense anti-aircraft guns, paving the way for the utilization of common platforms, trucks, parts of electronic sensors and command vehicles.

[3] The new tracking radar used by MK6 AV-UCF was later revealed to be the Fieldguard 3 Military Measurement System from Rheinmetall Air Defence.