The Royal Netherlands Air Force has selected Northrop Grumman's AN/AAR-54(V) passive missile approach warning system for its CH-47D Boeing Chinook and Eurocopter AS-532U2 Cougar transport helicopters. The $7.3 million contract was announced at the Show. The system will be installed on Dutch helicopters between 2001 and 2004. The AN/AAR-54(V) is an imaging, ultraviolet (UV) sensor system that passively detects, tracks and classifies UV energy, discriminating between lethal missile threats and harmless ‘clutter'. The system can be used as a stand-alone independent detection system, or as part of an integrated self-protection suite with a directional infrared jammer and/or countermeasures dispensers. The AN/AAR-54(V) is currently in production for the US Special Operations Command and for the armed forces of Australia, Germany, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.
Source: Flight Daily News
