RAFAEL Introduces the BRITENING DIRCM
RAFAEL introduces BRITENING - A new protection suite for passenger aircraft
05 December 2002 -- In the face of the growing threat posed by surface to air missiles, as evident in the attack on an Israeli charter flight in Kenya on November 28, RAFAEL is offering advanced countermeasures to protect airliners from similar attacks.
The new system named "BRITENING" is derived from the RAFAEL AEROGEM system, designed and deployed on military helicopters and transport aircraft. The commercial BRITENING system is designed to protect medium and large passenger and cargo aircraft, as well as VIP aircraft and business aviation. As a spin-off from military systems, BRITENING is attractively priced to provide a cost effective protection suite for a wide range of commercial fleets.
Military aircraft use various types of expendable decoys, such as infra-red flares and chaff, but the use of such decoys is not practical for commercial aviation use. RAFAEL’s new “Britening” uses a new Directed Infra-red countermeasure (DIRCM) which offers a more versatile replacement for IR flares. The system directs an Infra-red beam which disrupts the approaching missile’s seeker. The beam is invisible and harmless to the human eye. As the system is software controlled, the DIRCM's signal can be reprogrammed to suite specific or evolving threats, to maximize its effect within the system's operational parameters.
A typical “Britening” system use various missile detection sensors positioned to cover the aircraft’s lower hemisphere. Once the detectors generate a missile alert at a given sector, the DIRCM points to this direction, and direct the infrared beam to disrupt the missile's seeker operation.
For further information please contact
RAFAEL public affairs. Tel: 972-4-8974777
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