WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 27, 2015) -- The Army expects later this year to reach a Milestone B decision with its laser-based common infrared countermeasures, or CIRCM, defense system ...
In recent months we have taken a close look at some fairly exceptional airshow photography here at The War Zone. This has brought us very close to action including the moment of release of a ...
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Rolling Meadows, Illinois, was awarded a $481,576,687 hybrid (cost-no-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee and firm-fixed-price) contract for Common Infrared Countermeasure ...
Armtec Countermeasures Co., Coachella, California, is awarded $9,072,512 for firm-fixed-price job order under a previously awarded contract for airborne expendable infrared countermeasures. Airborne ...
The Spanish Air and Space Force has received its first A400M military transport aircraft equipped with Indra Group’s InShield ...
When is a laser weapon not a weapon? When it's the ASELSAN YILDIRIM 100 Directed Infrared Countermeasure (DIRCM) System that doesn't actually destroy incoming infrared missiles, but instead blinds ...
BAE Systems said it has secured $114 million in contracts to deliver missile warning technology to U.S. allies through the U.S. Army’s Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, a move aimed at improving ...
Hearing the warning about an enemy missile having a lock on the plane or helicopter must be one of a pilot’s worst nightmares. The alarms start blazing, evasive maneuvers have to be taken, and a lot ...
Leonardo’s Miysis directed infrared countermeasure is a step closer to being installed on UK Royal Air Force aircraft following successful trials of the system in Sweden. Defense officials have hailed ...
The US Air Force is accelerating installation of directional infrared countermeasures systems on 12 Boeing C-17 transports operated by the Air Mobility Command. Installations will begin in the third ...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has booked a $147 million production order from the U.S. Army for aircraft common infrared countermeasure systems, marking the fourth award on a $959.1 million contract ...
Laser-based infrared countermeasures systems are emerging as the Pentagon's preferred choice to protect civil airliners, although manufacturers of other devices aren't ready to give up on the ...