BAE Tactical IR Countermeasure Passes Navy Test
NASHUA, N.H., Nov. 21 --The US Navy's tactical aircraft directable infrared countermeasure (TADIRCM) system has successfully defeated an infrared surface-to-air missile in a live fire test using BAE Systems' Agile-Eye infrared jam head and laser. The test at the naval weapons range at China Lake, Calif., was the first time a modern infrared missile launched at a tactical fighter aircraft has been defeated by an onboard laser-based directional infrared countermeasures system.
For the live fire test, the TADIRCM system was installed on a QF-4 drone that was flying at Mach 0.55 at low altitude when the missile was launched. The missile launch was immediately detected by the two-color missile warning system using algorithms developed by the Naval Research Laboratory.
According to Ken Sarkady, the Navy execution manager for TADIRCM, "This test marks the beginning of a new era in fighter aircraft self-protection. Together, the US Navy and BAE Systems have demonstrated we could quickly and accurately point a very narrow laser beam from the QF-4 drone at a small, supersonic, man portable infrared missile and jam the missile -- causing a very large miss distance."
LATEST NEWS
- Exail Signs LLNL Contract, Partners with Eelume
Apr 26, 2024
- Menlo Moves U.S. HQ: Week in Brief: 4/26/2024
Apr 26, 2024
- Optofluidics Platform Keys Label-, Amplification-Free Rapid Diagnostic Tool
Apr 25, 2024
- DUV Lasers Made with Nonlinear Crystals Enhance Lithography Performance
Apr 25, 2024
- Teledyne e2v, Airy3D Collaborate on 3D Vision Solutions
Apr 24, 2024
- One-Step Hologram Generation Speeds 3D Display Creation
Apr 24, 2024
- Innovation Award Winners for Laser Technology Honored in Aachen
Apr 23, 2024
- Intech 2024: AI Arrives on the Shop Floor
Apr 22, 2024