DefenceTalkThe State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia for ALE-70 Radio Frequency Countermeasures (RFCM). The estimated cost is $108.7 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on August 2, 2017. The Government of Australia has requested […]https://www.defencetalk.com/australia-to-buy-ale-70-radio-frequency-countermeasures-70239/

DefenceTalkThe State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Egypt for Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) for AH-64E Apache, UH-60 Blackhawks, and CH-47 Chinook Helicopters and related equipment, training, and support. The estimated cost is $81.4 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-approves-sale-of-helicopter-countermeasures-to-egypt-68320/

DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman Corporation delivered the first Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) missile defense systems to the U.S. Army earlier this year. The systems were delivered under an engineering and manufacturing development contract awarded in 2015 to produce the next generation of aircraft survivability equipment to defend against man-portable air-defense systems and other heat-seeking munitions. Prior to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-grumman-delivers-first-circm-systems-to-us-army-68298/

DefenceTalkThe Army expects later this year to reach a Milestone B decision with its laser-based common infrared countermeasures, or CIRCM, defense system program. The CIRCM system, under development now by both BAE and Northrup Grumman, provides a light-weight, laser-based countermeasure against man-portable air defense systems, which are missile launched from the ground at their targets […]https://www.defencetalk.com/laser-based-aircraft-countermeasure-manpads-63682/

DefenceTalkHelibras has successfully completed flight testing of a chaff and flare countermeasures dispensing system for EC725 helicopters, completing a first-of-its-kind system integration project in Brazil and marking another key phase in Eurocopter’s contract to supply 50 of these Super Puma/Cougar family rotorcraft to the Brazilian armed forces. Six flights were performed with the self-protection system […]https://www.defencetalk.com/brazilian-made-countermeasure-system-integrated-on-ec725-helicopters-49086/

DefenceTalkUSS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) conducted the first aircraft carrier-borne end-to-end at-sea test of the Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) System, the Navy announced, June 6. The SSTD System combines the passive detection capability of the Torpedo Warning System that not only finds torpedoes, but also classifies and tracks them, with the hard-kill […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-carrier-countermeasure-anti-torpedo-launched-48053/