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  • Laser missile jammer to protect Marine Corps helicopters

    06/04/2007 8:08:51 AM PDT · by Freeport · 25 replies · 799+ views
    www.flightglobal.com ^ | 06/04/07 | Graham Warwick
    Laser missile jammmers to protect Marine Corps helicopters in Iraq US Marine Corps helicopters in Iraq are to be equipped with laser jammers to defeat shoulder-launched missile attacks after a series of shoot-downs by insurgents. Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $10.8 million contract to design and proof a kit to equip first Sikorsky CH-53s then Boeing CH-46s, and potentially Bell Boeing MV-22 tiltrotors, with directed infrared countermeasures comprising two-colour missile warning systems (MWS) and dual laser jam heads. The work is to be completed in 12 months. Northrop says the US Marine Corps selected its third-generation infrared MWS and...