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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

USAF orders Northrop LAIRCM missile defence systems

[AN/AAQ-24]The US Air Force (USAF) has awarded a $334m firm-fixed-price contract to Northrop Grumman for the supply of Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure (LAIRCM) systems and support services.

Under the contract, the company will provide LAIRCM hardware and engineering, programme management, logistics, and spares as well as installation and field service support to the air force beginning immediately and continuing through April 2014.

Developed from the AN/AAQ-24(V) NEMESIS, the AN/AAQ-24(v) LAIRCM is a directed Infra Red (IR) countermeasures system, designed to defend large transport and rotary-wing aircraft from IR-guided missile threats using a laser pointer-tracker.

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