The Challenge
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).
To meet the challenge, a new generation of Missile Warning Systems is required.
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.
Key Benefits
- Combat-proven systems with more than a decade of operational experience
- Deployed by many customers around the world on a large variety of platforms
- Selected by leading aircraft manufacturers as their baseline protection solution
- Fully qualified for tactical/fighter aircraft
- Fully qualified for rotary and fixed-wing (small/large body) aircraft
- Fully qualified for UAVs
- Certified for commercial aviation Main Features
Key Features
- High probability of detection at threat’s lethal range (Including extended range missiles)
- Early detection and fast reaction time
- Maximized time-to-impact
- Very low False Alarm Rate (FAR)
- Robustness, preserving high performance in all weather and visibility conditions
- Enhanced situation awareness via real-time image processing and imaging display
- Stealth operation
- Hostile Fire Indicator (HFI) to protect from light arms
- Automatic on-time flare dispensing
- Automatic, highly accurate and ultra-fast DIRCM cueing
- Raw IR video recording and navigation data capabilities in real time
- IR-CENTRICTM capabilities enabling enhanced platform safety and mission support
