Source: Aviation Week Northrop Grumman has begun company-funded development of a Directed Infrared Countermeasures (Dircm) system for fast...
Northrop Grumman has begun company-funded development of a Directed Infrared Countermeasures (Dircm) system for fast jets, anticipating a requirement to protect the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter from heat-seeking air-to-air and surface-to-air missiles.
Northrop plans to begin testing a prototype of the Threat Nullification Defensive Resource (ThNDR) system in its system-integration laboratory by year’s end, Jeff Palombo, senior vice president and general manager of Northrop’s land and self-protection systems division. revealed at a briefing in Washington Sept. 12.
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