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To: GAB-1955
Northrop Grumman has received supplemental type certification (STP) from the FAA to fly three aircraft using the DIRCM technology -- the MD-11, MD-10 and the Boeing 747.

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Northrop Grumman's Guardian system features a 50-pound pod, shaped like a small, upside canoe, fitted to the belly...The system operates independently of the aircraft's pilot in identifying a missile threat and then firing a burst from a laser that forces the attacking missile to "make a violent turn" away from the aircraft, said Jack Pledger, director of Infrared Counter Measures Business Development for Northrop Grumman. The process takes about two to three seconds, faster than a human could react under the circumstances, he added.

Aviation Daily, 9/13/06

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BAE Systems tested another system on a Boeing 767.

http://www.homelandsecuritynys.org/news/2005/tr21116.pdf

28 posted on 10/15/2006 8:15:52 PM PDT by zipper
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To: zipper
I like that, JETEYE:


30 posted on 10/15/2006 8:55:29 PM PDT by phantomworker (A life spent in making mistakes is more honorable & more useful than a life spent in doing nothing.)
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