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January 10 07:33 EST
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- U.S. Army aviation leaders are looking to the BAE Systems Integrated Defense Solutions in Austin, Texas, to provide microprocessor-controlled defensive countermeasures system to a suite of Army helicopters.
BAE Systems engineers are working under terms of a $4.9 million contract from the Army Aviation and Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., to provide the ALE-47 countermeasures system. BAE officials announced the contract Jan. 9.
The Army ALE-47 is based on the standard AN/ALE-47 countermeasures dispenser system specially adapted to protect Army helicopters from a wide variety of guided missiles. The AN/ALE-47 serves with the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and 22 countries worldwide.
The system provides automatic threat-adaptive response from a mix of expendable stores, including programmable radio frequency (RF) decoys, chaff, flare, and specialized cartridges as a component of a sophisticated defensive/survivability suite.
Chaff, flares, and decoys create false targets to confuse infrared and radar-guided missiles.
"The ALE-47 provides a significant survivability upgrade for Army aviation," says ALE-47 program manager Lila Hillin.
For more information contact BAE Integrated Defense Solutions by phone at 512-929-2884, by fax at 512-929-2312, by post at 6500 Tracor Lane, Austin, Texas 78725-2070, or on the World Wide Web at http://www.ids.na.baesystems.com.
Military & Aerospace Electronics
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