Elbit Systems conducts Airbus missile defense trial

November 24, 2015

Globes:

Amid growing concern that terrorists will attempt to shoot down a passenger jet, Israeli defense electronics developer Elbit Systems Ltd.(Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE: ESLT) has successfully completed a trial of its protection system against shoulder launched missiles.

Elbit systems’ MUSIC family of Directed Infrared Countermeasure (DIRCM) systems, integrated with the advanced Passive Airborne Warning System (PAWS) IR based missile warning system, was successfully demonstrated on an Airbus C295 aircraft. The demonstration took place in October 2015, during flight test at the NAFAG ACG3 SG/2 EMBOW 15 Trials, at the Bundeswehr WTD91 test site in Meppen, Germany.