BAE Systems and Leonardo DRS Join Forces to Pursue Advanced Threat Detection Opportunities for U.S. Army Aircraft
April 19 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
To provide military aircrews with enhanced protection from new
and emerging threats, BAE Systems and Leonardo DRS have signed a
Memorandum of Understanding to offer advanced threat detection
capabilities for U.S. Army fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft. The two
companies will collaborate to develop an advanced infrared-based
threat warning system to meet current and evolving operational
requirements for Army aircraft survivability.
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BAE Systems and Leonardo DRS will
collaborate to develop an advanced infrared-based threat warning
system to meet requirements for Army aircraft survivability.
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“By merging Leonardo DRS’ extensive infrared sensors expertise
with our proven threat warning capabilities, we’re able to offer
survivability solutions not available today,” said Paul Markwardt,
vice president and general manager of Survivability, Targeting, and
Sensing Solutions at BAE Systems. “Together, we can better protect
our warfighters with technology that maximizes both flare
declaration as well as directional infrared countermeasure cueing,
and then advance that capability toward universal threat
protection.”
This new collaboration will advance into new directions the
threat warning techniques and capabilities leveraged from BAE
Systems’ Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) — the standard Army
missile warning system currently on all the service’s fixed- and
rotary-wing aircraft — and Leonardo DRS’ mature, high-performing
infrared sensors specifically designed for the rotary-wing
environment.
“We offer an extremely advanced and accurate sensor that can
take BAE Systems’ threat detection systems to the next level,” said
Shawn Black, vice president and general manager of Electro Optical
and Infrared Systems at Leonardo DRS. “Our long-range missile
launch detecting capability provides crews with increased warning
time, greatly improving their ability to respond and survive — and
that is our ultimate objective.”
By integrating the Leonardo DRS sensor into its product
offering, BAE Systems will build upon a 40-year heritage of
providing the most advanced threat detection and warning systems to
the U.S. military and allied forces to produce a next-generation
solution. Additional information regarding BAE Systems’ threat
management solutions can be found at
www.baesystems.com/threat-management.
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