Countermeasures News & Articles

The KONGSBERG RS6 Remote Weapon Station includes a percussion-primed cannon with a co-axial machine gun, an integration kit for the STINGER Air-To-Air Launcher, and provisions for future counter Unmanned Aerial Systems defeat systems

All six Type 45s will be fitted with the MBDA Sea Ceptor missile system on top of crucial upgrades to the destroyers’ principal weapon, the Sea Viper

In a recent US Army operational assessment at White Sands Missile Range, Raytheon Intelligence & Space’s 50kW-class high energy laser weapon demonstrated repeatable counter-mortar capability

Elbit Systems’ Direct Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) systems integrate laser technology, high frame-rate thermal cameras and a compact, dynamic high-speed sealed-mirror turret for defense against ground-to-air IR missiles

Leidos will lead an international team to support the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency)’s Ballistic Missile Defense program

The five-year extension will see QinetiQ provide valuable mine warfare equipment and support services to the Australian Defence Forces at HMAS Waterhen

BlueHalo’s Titan Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) kits will provide fixed-site and mobile force protection to defeat enemy drones on the battlefield abroad and at secure locations in the United States

This test is a first in a series designed to prove the Medium Range Interceptor Capability’s ability to intercept cruise missile threats and other aerial threats for fixed and operationally semi-fixed sites

MBDA UK will deliver its CAMM missiles and iLaunchers to be integrated with a radar station and the C2 communication and command system produced by the Polish defense industry

Lockheed Martin will produce the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), a defensive weapon system that can intercept short, medium and intermediate-range ballistic missile threats

BlueHalo’s LOCUST system combines precision optical & laser hardware with advanced software, algorithms & processing to enhance the directed energy ‘kill chain’ for the Palletized High Energy Laser (P-HEL) system