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Elbit Systems to supply mini MUSIC™ IR MWS based DIRCM systems to an Asian customer news UK.
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Elbit Systems announced
today that it was awarded a contract from an Asian Army ("Customer")
to provide the mini MUSIC™ IR MWS based Directional Infrared Counter
Measures systems for the Customer's Blackhawk helicopters. The contract
will be performed during 2015 and is in an amount that is not material
to Elbit Systems.
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Elbit's mini
MUSIC™ IR MWS based Directional Infrared Counter Measures system
will be mounted on customer's Sikorsky
UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters fleet |
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Adi Dar, General
Manager of Elbit Systems Electro-optics-Elop Ltd., commented: "In
addition to being selected by a new customer, this award represents
the inclusion of a new platform, the Blackhawk, to the broad portfolio
of platforms already equipped with our unique DIRCM systems including
our MUSIC version for small platforms such as helicopters. Based on
the growing demand for DIRCM as the preferred solution by customers
worldwide, we hope that additional customers will follow and select
our systems".
Elbit Systems' MUSIC
family of DIRCM systems are under contract for numerous customers worldwide
including the Israeli national program for protection of the commercial
fleet for platforms such as the B747, B737, B757, B767, B777 and A320;
the Italian Air Force for the C130J, C27J and CSAR AW101, the KC-390
for Embraer and the Brazilian Air Force; the German Air Force's Airbus
A400; VIP helicopters and other aircraft. |
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