Aug 22, 2019 · Combatant commanders use LAIRCM to provide automatic protection for large transport or rotary-wing aircraft against shoulder-fired, vehicle-launched, and other infrared-guided missiles. Commanders will use such protection during normal take-off and landing, assault landings, tactical descents, air drops, low-level flight, and aerial refueling.

May 29, 2023 · The LAIRCM is a Directional Infrared Counter Measures (DIRCM) system that is designed to defeat a wide range of ground-fired infrared-guided missiles. The system jams the infrared missile...

Jan 11, 2024 · The US Department of Defense (DoD) announced on 10 January 2024, the award of a $16.5m contract to Northrop Grumman for LAIRCM Generation 3 Pods to be installed upon KC-135 aircraft, expected to be completed by March 23, 2026.

The Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures [LAIRCM] system is an active countermeasure that defeats the threat missile guidance system by directing a high-intensity modulated laser beam...

The AN/AAQ-24 (V)25, DoN LAIRCM system combines advanced, two-color Infrared Missile Warning System (MWS) and Directed Laser Countermeasures to defeat shoulder-launched missiles fired at aircraft.

CIRCM, the Common Infrared Countermeasures program, is a United States Army initiative intended to develop a lightweight, low-cost and modular laser-based infrared protection system for U.S. helicopters and light fixed-wing aircraft. The technology will primarily provide defense against shoulder-fired, heat-seeking missiles, or MANPADS.

The Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) system is an evolutionary acquisition program that provides significantly improved defensive systems capability for DoD aircraft to counter the infrared (IR) man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS) missile threat.

Jul 21, 2022 · The Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) Program Office recently received the Dr. James G. Roche Product Support Excellence Award, for their efforts to improve and sustain the LAIRCM defensive system.

Passengers traveling on LAIRCM equipped aircraft without appropriate clearance or a need-to-know will be properly escorted at all times to prevent unauthorized access to LAIRCM equipment, components, and classified material aboard the aircraft.

May 6, 2020 · PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md. – Missile-defense experts at Northrop Grumman Corp. will install LAIRCM laser -based missile-defense systems for large military aircraft under terms of a $123.5 million...