Saab will install an anti-missile system on a commercial Dornier 328Jet operated by Mexican air taxi and humanitarian charter operator FlyMex.
The contract marks the first application on a jet-powered aircraft for Saab's civil aircraft missile protection system (Camps).
The system including ultraviolet-based missile warning sensors and dispensers of pyrophoric chaff has previously been installed on a civil version of the Lockheed Martin C-130 and an Embraer EMB-120 Bandeirante.
Saab has designed Camps to become the first anti-missile system to achieve European Aviation Safety Agency certification.
The pyrophoric chaff is optimised to defeat man-portable air defence system (Manpads), with a potential market ranging from chartered aircraft for humanitarian relief missions, to VIP and head-of-state aircraft.
The Camps installation kit for most fixed-wing aircraft includes four to five missile warning sensors, at least two countermeasure dispensers, a control panel and an electronic control unit, Saab said.
The chaff itself is ejected from the dispenser. The airflow is then used to both separate the chaff from its container and ignite the flare, which is intended to divert the heat-seeking missile away from the aircraft.
Source: Flight Daily News
