Israeli laser system to protect NATO tanker transport aircraft
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(Worthy News) – A laser system designed by Israel’s Elbit Systems to protect aircraft against infrared missiles will be implemented in NATO’s Multinational Multi Role Tanker Transport Fleet (MMF) starting in 2020, the company announced this week.
In a three-day series of flight tests for the new system at the end of May, the system was integrated into Airbus-manufactured A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft. J-Music functioned flawlessly throughout the tests, proving itself capable of defeating multiple threat types. It successfully handled simultaneous threat scenarios and overcome head-on, tail-on and side-on threats from a number of several ranges and at different altitudes. [ Source: Israel Hayom(Read More…) ]
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