Countermeasures News & Articles

The Trophy, Active Protection System (APS) from Rafael Advanced Defense Systems provides mature, combat-proven protection against rocket and missile threats and simultaneously locates the origin of the hostile fire for immediate response

Northrop Grumman successfully completed Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block 3 system integration, and formal qualification testing, indicating that the system is ready to transition to the U.S. Navy for land-based testing

The WatchGuard Radar is a fifth generation of movement-detection tactical Ground Surveillance Radar (GSR) designed for use in complex missions, employing both staring and electronic-steering search techniques

The reliable, sustainable electronic warfare (EW) suite is designed to give the fourth generation fleet the EW capabilities and performance of fifth generation aircraft, keeping the F-16 relevant for the duration of the platform’s lifespan

ECA GROUP has reached the first milestone within the modernization program of 3 mine countermeasures (MCM) vessels belonging to the Latvian Navy. This first milestone consists of disassembling the legacy equipment of MCM vessels

Several Leonardo technologies were trialled at the Formidable Shield 2021 NATO air defense and anti-missile exercise, including the Kronos MFRA radar, multi data link communications system and Mode-5-capable Identification Friend/Foe system

Romania will field the newest version of Raytheon's Patriot air and missile defense system that includes upgrades to the radar, the engagement control station and other command-and-control technology

HENSOLDT will replace the COBRA Radar Environment Simulator, the key element for testing and verifying the COBRA radar performance in a laboratory environment

Enduring Shield from Dynetics is a mobile ground-based weapon system that offers a 360-degree envelope with the ability to engage multiple targets simultaneously to defend against airborne threats

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has tested its autonomous counter-drone system that can neutralize adversary drones using an X band radar that automatically senses and identifies unmanned aerial system threats

Using the Common Anti-Air Modular Missile (CAMM), MBDA's Sea Ceptor offers close-in and local-area air defense from threats such as high-speed manoeuvring missiles, attack aircraft and fast inshore attack craft