Countermeasures News & Articles

Offensive & Defensive Systems Integration onto Israeli Sa’ar 6 Corvette Warship

IAI will install MF-STAR radars and BARAK MX Air Defense Systems on the Israeli Navy’s Sa'ar 6 corvette warship to enable location and classification of air and surface targets, and provide a layer of defense against aerial and naval threats

Jul 07, 2021
Northrop Grumman Wins U.S. Air Force Minuteman III Sustainment Contract

The Northrop Grumman propulsion systems team is addressing sustainment challenges such as material obsolescence, associated hardware and/or equipment repair, and propellant aging-surveillance testing and analysis

Jul 07, 2021
MBDA Air Defense Missile Achieves Major Milestone

The Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) extended range-based (CAMM-ER) air defense missile is designed to provide defense against evolving airborne threats at ranges over 40 km

Jul 05, 2021
More Life-saving Infrared Countermeasure Systems for U.S. Air Force

Northrop Grumman has won a U.S. Air Force contract to build more Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure systems on fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft to provide spherical protection by detecting, tracking and jamming incoming infrared threats

Jul 05, 2021
New Anti-missile System for U.K.’s Challenger 3 Main Battle Tank

The Trophy, Active Protection System (APS) from Rafael Advanced Defense Systems provides mature, combat-proven protection against rocket and missile threats and simultaneously locates the origin of the hostile fire for immediate response

Jun 30, 2021
U.S. Navy Receives First SEWIP Block 3 System from Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman successfully completed Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block 3 system integration, and formal qualification testing, indicating that the system is ready to transition to the U.S. Navy for land-based testing

Jun 28, 2021
Improved Tactical Mobile Radars for German Land Forces

The WatchGuard Radar is a fifth generation of movement-detection tactical Ground Surveillance Radar (GSR) designed for use in complex missions, employing both staring and electronic-steering search techniques

Jun 24, 2021
Upgraded Electronic Warfare Suite for the Global F-16 Fleet

The reliable, sustainable electronic warfare (EW) suite is designed to give the fourth generation fleet the EW capabilities and performance of fifth generation aircraft, keeping the F-16 relevant for the duration of the platform’s lifespan

Jun 23, 2021
Unmanned Mine Countermeasures Modernization for the Latvian Navy Underway

ECA GROUP has reached the first milestone within the modernization program of 3 mine countermeasures (MCM) vessels belonging to the Latvian Navy. This first milestone consists of disassembling the legacy equipment of MCM vessels

Jun 22, 2021
Leonardo Demonstrates Advanced Naval Systems at Formidable Shield 2021

Several Leonardo technologies were trialled at the Formidable Shield 2021 NATO air defense and anti-missile exercise, including the Kronos MFRA radar, multi data link communications system and Mode-5-capable Identification Friend/Foe system

Jun 22, 2021
Romania to Receive Latest Patriot Air & Missile Defense System from Raytheon

Romania will field the newest version of Raytheon's Patriot air and missile defense system that includes upgrades to the radar, the engagement control station and other command-and-control technology

Jun 18, 2021