PHPG...from Northrop's www site:
Directional Infrared Countermeasure (DIRCM) systems address the IR-guided
missile threat. DSD has developed and produces the AN/AAQ-24(V) NEMESIS
family of modular DIRCM systems to protect rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft
from the shoulder-launched man-portable and air-to-air IR guided missiles.
IR missile warning sensors detect and track missiles and then jamming energy
is precisely delivered with low profile closed-loop pointing and tracking systems
that utilize incoherent (lamp-based) and coherent (laser-based) jamming
sources. This system is the only DIRCM system operational and deployed in
the world. Guardian™, the next generation DIRCM system, is currently in
development and consists of an all-laser pointer/tracker and ultraviolet missile
warning sensor. Recent world events are also pointing to the need for such systems
on commercial aircraft and DSD is supporting the US Government’s
efforts to define the configuration for the nation’s commercial and Civil
Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF).
Yest PR:
PPGI Awarded Component Supply Contract From Northrop Grumman for Missile Warning Systems
Thursday June 3, 1:04 pm ET
NORTHVALE, N.J., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Photonic Products Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PHPG - News) announced today that its INRAD business unit has been awarded a production contract for a optical filter component from Northrop Grumman's Defensive Systems Division, based in Rolling Meadows, IL. This production contract is for over 350 ultra violet (UV) waveband optical filter elements for the AN/AAR-54(V) Missile Warning System and the AN/AAQ-24(V) Nemesis DIRCM Self-Protection Suite. The contract also includes two production options of similar quantities. The dollar value of the contract was not disclosed.
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The subject ultra-violet filters are specialty optical components made from high purity and high uniformity single-crystals of a proprietary material. This synthetic crystal material was developed by Northrop Grumman and is produced for them under license by INRAD. These filters are a optical component of Northrop Grumman's airborne electro-optical missile warning sensors.
Northrop Grumman's anti-missile aircraft defensive systems are currently employed on a variety of US and UK military aircraft operating world-wide. The AN/AAR-54(V) is a fourth generation missile approach warning system now in production. It employs four sensors per aircraft, each containing a number of optical components. The AN/AAQ-24(V) Nemesis is a directional infrared countermeasure (DIRCM) suite, the first in production and fielded for many years. It combines missile warning sensors and infrared countermeasures. While these systems were originally developed for military aircraft, Northrop Grumman is adapting the DIRCM system under contract to the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), participating in that Department's program to develop and test anti-missile systems designed to protect commercial aircraft.
Dan Lehrfeld, President and CEO of Photonic Products Group commented, "Speaking for our entire team, we are proud to continue to be Northrop Grumman's supply chain partner for this critical component. Systems that protect military and commercial aircraft from the proliferating threat of anti-aircraft missiles are likely to see continued increase in demand throughout the world."
