PAWS Family

Airborne platforms and crews are increasingly being exposed to new and evolving threats – not only by the traditional MANPADS, but also by extended range Electro Optical guided missiles, Surface-to-Air missiles, Air-to-Air missiles, RPGs, heavy machine guns and small arms (commonly referred to as hostile fire).

The PAWS Family of systems is a combat-proven comprehensive solution for all airborne platforms – fixed and rotary, military and civilian, including tankers, VIPs and others. The airborne platform's survivability is significantly enhanced by providing early warning regarding the presence of threatening missiles and by automatic management of all types of applicable countermeasures available onboard. PAWS delivers cutting-edge protection against the most challenging modern and future threats faced in battle arenas. Using sophisticated signal processing and algorithms, the systems detect and track incoming missiles, identify threatening ones, alert the aircrew with audio-visual warning signals, initiate timely flare dispensing and precisely cue Directional IR Countermeasures (DIRCM) towards an approaching missile.

The PAWS systems operate either as a stand-alone, self-contained systems or as a part of a complete EW suite. The PAWS processing unit is provisioned to support expanded capabilities such as radar warning and laser warning. PAWS provides threat information to other EW and/or avionic systems for centralized display and management, as well as for enabling further threat handling.

Operating as a comprehensive optronic protection suite, the PAWS Family’s IR-CENTRICTM capabilities extend airborne superiority by maximizing platform safety and survivability and by providing enhanced mission support.

PAWS systems are installed in a distributed configuration over the aircraft’s skin, in a dedicated pod/bay, or in a pylon.