Navy upgrades aircraft defense system with laser warning technology
By Katherine Owens
May 11, 2017
The Navy is upgrading its Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) System to include Advanced Threat Warning (ATW) sensors, which will enable early detection of hostile fire and give laser fire warnings to medium and heavy lift aircraft, according to the Navy’s Program Executive Office for Tactical Aircraft (PEO (T)).
First fielded in 2005, the LAIRCM system is designed to protect large, transport aircraft from infrared guided surface-to-air missiles. It pairs an infrared missile warning system (MWS) with an infrared laser jamming technology, called the Guardian Laser Turret Assembly (GTA), according to the Air Force.
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