Modern Air Force One aircraft are equipped with a range of sophisticated countermeasures, including directed energy weapons ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 27, 2015) -- The Army expects later this year to reach a Milestone B decision with its laser-based common infrared countermeasures, or CIRCM, defense system ...

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. --In warfare, just as there is one side that develops codes and another side that seeks to break them, there is also one side that develops missiles to shoot down aircraft and ...

DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orbital ATK, Inc. (NYSE: OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, announced today the United States Air Force has awarded the company an initial ...

NASHUA, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BAE Systems, a leader in optical electronic warfare systems, today unveiled its Smart D 2 ™ system, a next-generation threat management technology named for its ability ...

May 18 (UPI) --BAE Systems announced a $26.7 million Navy contract to fit its infrared countermeasures system onto KC-130J cargo and refueling planes, the company said on Monday. The contract calls ...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (UPI) --Harris Corp. has been awarded a $54 million U.S. Air Force contract for engineering work on the AN/ALQ-172 aircraft countermeasure system. The cost-plus-fixed fee contract ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 522nd Special Operations Squadron MC-130J Commando II aircraft flies over the skies of New Mexico. (Airman 1st Class Alexx ...

BAE Systems, Electronics, Intelligence and Support/Electronic Solutions, Nashua, New Hampshire, is being awarded $22,998,773 for modification P00005 to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost-plus ...

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Rolling Meadows, Illinois, is awarded a $123,526,724 modification (P00001) to previously awarded, fixed-price, incentive-firm-target contract N00019-19-C-0011. This ...

Saab, with UK-based partner Chemring and backed by the new European Union Protection of Air Transport and Infrastructure (PATIN) programme, is developing a civil aircraft-mounted countermeasures ...

Flight Officer Camron Iverson of the Washington State Patrol tested laser protection lenses formulated at AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate. The fact that Deputy Secretary of Defense ...