Elbit will provide missile defense systems for American fighter jets
March 9, 2020
Accepted up to $ 471 million frame order to provide IR-based alarm systems. This is an exceptional order because the US prefers non-US systems
Pictured above: National Guard F-16s. Photo: US Department of Defense
Elbit Systems gained remarkable achievement when the US Air Force decided to equip its anti-missile alert systems and install them on National Guard F-16s and Air Force reserve forces. This is a ten-year framework agreement to the tune of $ 471 million. The company reported on Monday that it received a $ 17 million first order. The systems will be manufactured at Elbit America's facility in Fort Worth, Texas.
Elbit will provide Passive Airborne Warning System, which is based on infrared sensors that are installed inside a pedestal and carried in a suspension device under the aircraft wing (Pylon). The systems detect the heat signature of ground-to-air or air-to-air missiles, track them and find out whether the missile is locked on the aircraft and is moving toward it.
In this case, the system enables automatic protection and disruption (such as chaff). In many ways, this is an exceptional order, as the US security system consistently avoids the acquisition of defense systems and electronic warfare from foreign companies. Elbit belongs to a very small group of companies developing IR sensor-based alarm systems, and has been active in this field for almost 20 years.
Tens of thousands of raffle seekers
For the company, this deal has a potential that goes beyond the needs of the US military: Most of the LI systems installed in fighter jets are currently installed within the body of the aircraft itself, so it is difficult to provide the aircraft with additional systems or to compete with the original systems contractors. This limit. The global market for fighter jets with spare racks for the "essential" but lacking space inside the aircraft itself is a huge market with the potential of tens of thousands of systems.
Elbit's alarm system also provides embedded DIRCM protection against shoulder missiles. This system includes a passive IR sensor and a jamming device that neutralizes the shoulder missile's homing mechanism. The DIRCM system is installed on very sensitive platforms that are vulnerable to assault missile attacks, such as passenger aircraft, transport aircraft, helicopters and the like.
https://techtime.co.il/2020/03/09/elbit-84/
March 9, 2020
Accepted up to $ 471 million frame order to provide IR-based alarm systems. This is an exceptional order because the US prefers non-US systems
Pictured above: National Guard F-16s. Photo: US Department of Defense
Elbit Systems gained remarkable achievement when the US Air Force decided to equip its anti-missile alert systems and install them on National Guard F-16s and Air Force reserve forces. This is a ten-year framework agreement to the tune of $ 471 million. The company reported on Monday that it received a $ 17 million first order. The systems will be manufactured at Elbit America's facility in Fort Worth, Texas.
Elbit will provide Passive Airborne Warning System, which is based on infrared sensors that are installed inside a pedestal and carried in a suspension device under the aircraft wing (Pylon). The systems detect the heat signature of ground-to-air or air-to-air missiles, track them and find out whether the missile is locked on the aircraft and is moving toward it.
In this case, the system enables automatic protection and disruption (such as chaff). In many ways, this is an exceptional order, as the US security system consistently avoids the acquisition of defense systems and electronic warfare from foreign companies. Elbit belongs to a very small group of companies developing IR sensor-based alarm systems, and has been active in this field for almost 20 years.
Tens of thousands of raffle seekers
For the company, this deal has a potential that goes beyond the needs of the US military: Most of the LI systems installed in fighter jets are currently installed within the body of the aircraft itself, so it is difficult to provide the aircraft with additional systems or to compete with the original systems contractors. This limit. The global market for fighter jets with spare racks for the "essential" but lacking space inside the aircraft itself is a huge market with the potential of tens of thousands of systems.
Elbit's alarm system also provides embedded DIRCM protection against shoulder missiles. This system includes a passive IR sensor and a jamming device that neutralizes the shoulder missile's homing mechanism. The DIRCM system is installed on very sensitive platforms that are vulnerable to assault missile attacks, such as passenger aircraft, transport aircraft, helicopters and the like.
https://techtime.co.il/2020/03/09/elbit-84/
