Elbit Systems’ Directed IR Countermeasures (DIRCM) solutions are designed to protect aircraft against heat-seeking ground-to-air missiles. These systems integrate advanced fiber laser technology together with a high frame rate thermal camera and a small, highly dynamic mirror turret.
This cutting-edge combination delivers effective, reliable and affordable protection, under all operational conditions, and to all types of aircraft.
The systems utilize an open architecture design and can be seamlessly integrated on any type of aircraft. Elbit Systems’ DIRCM solutions have been selected by the Israeli government to protect commercial Israeli airliners, by the Italian Air Force to protect the C27J, C130J and AW101 helicopter platforms and by the Brazilian Air Force to protect the KC-390 aircraft.
In addition, a number of other countries have chosen the DIRCM solutions to protect a large variety of military, VIP and commercial aircraft.
• MUSIC™ is a family of high-performance, laser-based DIRCM solutions designed to protect aircraft against heat-seeking ground-to-air missiles. Multi Spectral Infrared Countermeasures (MUSIC) counters the threats of surface-to-air IR missiles and protects passenger, VIP and transport aircraft, as well as attack and utility helicopters. MUSIC can be installed on the full range of military and commercial aircraft without any negative impact on the platform’s performance.
• J-MUSIC is an advanced DIRCM system that is optimized to protect large aircraft, including transports, tankers, special mission platforms, VIP jets and others. J-MUSIC is lightweight, compact, and easily installed on a broad range of aircraft types, in single or multi-turret configurations. This system provides rapid response and enables superior defense against multiple and simultaneous missile threats.
• C-MUSIC is the world’s first DIRCM system installed on transport aircraft in regular commercial service. C-MUSIC is designed specifically to protect large transport-category aircraft from heat-seeking ground-to-air missiles (MANPADS). C-MUSIC employs a fiber laser-based, DIRCM technology originally developed for military aircraft and helicopters.
• Mini-MUSIC is a compact, lightweight DIRCM system. Mini-MUSIC is optimized for small and medium rotary and fixed-wing aircraft.