Thursday, December 04, 2008

Guardian

IOC: 2005

Origin
United States of America

Contractor/s
Northrop Grumman

Description: Guardian is a laser-based, aircraft-mounted, directional infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) leveraging combat-proven technologies from the military range developed by Northrop-Grumman. It is intended for use on commercial aircraft protecting them against man-portable, shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles (MANPADS). The most likely scenario which Guardian was developed for, is a ground-based terrorist attack using such a missiles.

The Guardian was designed, developed and fabricated by Northrop-Grumman under a US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) initiative and will be certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in 2005. In the early 2005, Northrop-Grumman announced that it was going to install and flight test the Guardian on Boeing 747 and MD-11 platforms during 2005. Northrop-Grumman expects that Guardian will cost less than its military counterparts such as the AN/AAQ-24.

News
Guardian Airliner Anti-Missile System Achieves 12,000 Operating Hours

Guardian Enters Operational Test and Evaluation

DHS Awards Commercial Airliner Protection System Phase III Contract

Operators

United States of America

Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
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