The Israeli company Bird Aerosystems, a provider of defense technologies and solutions for air, sea and land fleets of governments and agencies, announced late last week that it had delivered a Falcon 7X aircraft on which the Airborne Missile Protection System, a missile defense system and an Aeroshield-M pod produced by it had been installed, to an unknown customer.
The aircraft has completed a series of flight tests and certifications and will be put into operational use by the customer.
The installation of the AMPS system was carried out by the system’s original manufacturer (OEM) at the Dassault Aviation factory in France, with the support of Bird, which was responsible for overseeing the installation, integration and testing of the system.
According to the company, Bird’s Airborne Missile Defense System (AMPS) provides protection for military and civilian aircraft against the growing threat of surface-to-air missiles (MANPADS).
The system is designed to detect, verify and automatically thwart surface-to-air missile (SAM) attacks using bullets and chaff and direct infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) which disrupt the missile’s infrared seeker and protect the aircraft.
AeroShield-M is an all-in-one mini-pod solution for aircraft protection. By integrating the AMPS system into the compact pod, AeroShield-M ensures the survivability of aircraft by combining direct infrared countermeasures and bullets.
The AeroShield-M is easily installed and easily transferable between different platforms to support high operational availability.