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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Northrop Grumman's Laser Countermeasure System Completes Successful Flight Testing on Dutch AH-64D Apache

Northrop Grumman Corporation's laser Directional Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) System has successfully thwarted a series of simulated heat-seeking missile attacks on a Dutch AH-64D Apache helicopter during flight trials at Vliehors Test Range in the Netherlands.

The first application of a self-contained, removable DIRCM countermeasure pod on a military helicopter, the tests are part of a major initiative by the Royal Netherlands Air Force to upgrade the infrared missile protection of the AH-64D attack helicopter against the growing sophistication of missile threats.

The flight tests were performed on an AH-64D helicopter that featured two DIRCM-modified Apache Modular Aircraft Survivability Equipment (AMASE) pods. Final analysis of the data from all 31 flight tests proved the failure-free performance of the DIRCM system and demonstrated that all Royal Netherlands Air Force and Northrop Grumman requirements were met.

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