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Northrop Grumman's Airliner Missile Defense Achieves 12,000 Operating Hours Northrop Grumman says its Guardian counter-MANPADS (man portable air defense system) has achieved 12,000 on-aircraft operational hours, on more than 2,500 revenue service flights. It's currently installed on nine wide-body aircraft flying in commercial revenue service. The Guardian C-MANPADS uses what Northrop Grumman describes as "proven technology" from its military directional infrared countermeasures system, to detect incoming missiles, and then direct a non-visible, eye-safe, multi-band laser to disrupt its guidance signals. It's the only such protection system currently in production for the U.S. military and several allied nations, according to the company. Northrop Grumman began the third phase of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's C-MANPADS program in August 2006. The program is scheduled to conclude in March 2008 with a final report to DHS. To date, Northrop Grumman has completed an extensive flight test program in commercial test operational environments that included the use of a ground-based electronic missile surrogate to simulate the launch of a shoulder-fired missile toward aircraft during takeoff and landing. The tests were performed on an MD-11, an MD-10 and a B-747 aircraft. In each test, the Guardian system functioned as designed, automatically detecting the simulated launch and mock missile, the company said. 10-26-2007. |
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