Military Aerospace Electronics
Airborne missile warning experts at Leonardo DRS in Melbourne, Fla., will continue work on a system to defend U.S. Navy and Marine Corps combat helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft against vehicle-launched infrared-guided missiles and man-portable air-defense systems.
Officials of the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., announced a $23.5 million order to Leonardo DRS on Monday for additional work on the AN/AAQ-45 Distributed Aperture Infrared Countermeasures (DAIRCM) system.
