Americas Members of the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade got a look at development of the SB-1 Defiant vertical lift helicopter, the Army said. The active duty and National Guard soldiers of the brigade, headquartered at Fort Campbell, visited the Sikorsky Development...
$96M to DS2 for LAIRCM Aircraft Defense System Support
LAIRCM Concept (click to view full) Defense Support Services (DS2), a Greenville, SC-based venture between Lockheed Martin and Day & Zimmermann, received a $96 million contract to provide support for the Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure (LAIRCM) System....
Northrop Grumman tapped for LAIRCM Integration | Algerian UAVs carry out Airstrike | HAL resumes Sitara Flight Tests
Americas Northrop Grumman won a contract action with a not-to-exceed-value of $132.3 million to integrate the Department of Navy Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) system onto aircraft for the US Navy, Army, and the governments of the UK and Norway. The...
USAF spends $3.6b on LAIRCM support | MBDA’s SeaVenom service entry delayed | Wan Chien fails requirement test
Americas The US Air Force is allocating a large amount of money in maintaining its AH-64E Apache's LAIRCM countermeasure system. Northrop Grumman is being awarded with a $3.6 billion IDIQ contract supporting the service's Large Aircraft Infrared Counter Measures...
Rheinmetall Secures $10.6M for African Combat Training Facility | MBDA to Support French/British Missile Defense Collaboration | SK Cleared for LAIRCM Buy
Americas * Arms trafficker Viktor Bout will continue serving his 25-year stint in federal prison following the denial of a retrial by the US Circuit Court of Appeals. Convicted of conspiring to kill US soldiers by agreeing to sell arms to DEA informants posing as...
Royal Guard: LAIRCM Systems for Oman & Qatar’s VVIP Jets
[youtube:v=4ahXTx-NlXc]The problemclick for video On May 15/13, the US DSCA announced a pair of official export requests to provide and install Northrop Grumman's AN/AAQ-24(V) Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM), for use on Oman and Qatar's royal flight...
LAIRCM for Germany’s VIP Jet Fleet
Luftwaffe Challenger VIP(click to view full) On Sept 30/10, the US DSCA announced [PDF] Germany's official request to buy 6 AN/AAQ-24v Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures Systems (LAIRCM) defensive systems, to equip its 2 Airbus A319CJs, and 4 Bombardier...
$5.9M for LAIRCM UV Testing on CH-53E Helicopters
CH-53E Super Stallion(click to view full) Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems' Defensive Systems Division in Rolling Meadows, IL received a $5.9 million cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-08-G-0012) for...
Australia Requests LAIRCMS for C-130J
LAIRCM Concept(click to view full) On May 21/08, the US DSCA announced Australia's formal request for AN/AAQ-24(V) Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) systems to be installed on their C-130J Hercules transport aircraft. LAIRCM systems detect incoming...
Moroccan VIP Jet Gets LAIRCM
LAIRCM Concept(click to view full) Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation of Rolling Meadows, IL received a firm-fixed price contract modification for $15 million, pursuant to a letter contract for foreign military sales case number MO-D-QAD for one Moroccan Head of...