Enhancing The Protection Of Rotary Aircraft Against Missiles

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By Northrop Grumman on Friday, February 25th, 2011

Northrop Grumman and SELEX Galileo have announced the successful integration of a continuous laser autoboresight module into an advanced jam head to enhance the signal jamming capabilities of the company's U.S. Army Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) self-protection system offering. The CIRCM jam head is lightweight, small, inexpensive and highly reliable, designed specifically for rotary-wing applications. The laser autoboresight module ensures that laser energy is aligned with the jam head track point to maintain jamming energy on the threat missile.

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