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BAe: a laser to protect commercial planes against missiles

Washington, USA - However, one still has to understand if system adoption cost is going to be considered affordable by Administrations

BAe is competing with Northrop Grumman to develop an effective solution to protect civil airplanes against the portable surface-to-air missiles. The company installed recently its electronic countermeasures system named Jeteye on a Boeing 767, the first step towards the following trials in cooperation with US Air Force. It deals with a sensor able to detect the presence of the threat, together with...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 130840
Rome, Italy, 11/11/2005 14:00
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