Civil Aircraft Missile Protection System or CAMPS is an
infrared countermeasure
An infrared countermeasure (IRCM) is a device designed to protect aircraft from infrared homing ("heat seeking") missiles by confusing the missiles' infrared guidance system so that they miss their target ( electronic countermeasure). Heat-s ...
against
infrared-homed anti-aircraft missile Anti-aircraft missiles are guided missiles designed to destroy or damage aircraft
An aircraft is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air. It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dy ...
s, specifically designed to defend civilian aircraft flying under against
MANPADS.
The system was developed by
Saab
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* Saab Group, a Swedish aerospace and defence company, formerly known as SAAB, and later as Saab AB
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Avitronics,
Chemring
Chemring Group is a global business providing a range of advanced technology products and services to the aerospace, defence and security markets. Chemring has extensive operations in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia.
The company was ...
Countermeasures and
Naturelink Aviation.
The decoys use a
pyrophoric
A substance is pyrophoric (from grc-gre, πυροφόρος, , 'fire-bearing') if it ignites spontaneously in air at or below (for gases) or within 5 minutes after coming into contact with air (for liquids and solids). Examples are organolith ...
substance that burns at a relatively low temperature,
thereby avoiding any fire safety concerns associated with conventional
pyrotechnic
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military
flares, such as those used by a
similar Israeli system.
The onboard processor uses
neural network
A neural network is a network or circuit of biological neurons, or, in a modern sense, an artificial neural network, composed of artificial neurons or nodes. Thus, a neural network is either a biological neural network, made up of biological ...
pattern recognition algorithms to classify potential threats detected by its infrared sensors.
The system was successfully demonstrated at the
Overberg Test Range
The Denel Overberg Test Range is a weapons systems testing facility in the Overberg region on the south coast of South Africa, near Arniston, Western Cape. It includes launch pads and tracking systems.
It was used to test the RSA series of Is ...
in March 2007.
See also
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Flight Guard
Flight Guard is an Elta Systems Ltd's brand name for a family of airborne systems for protecting civilian aircraft against man-portable air-defense systems.
Description
Elta's Flight Guard is a missile detection and avoidance system that is instal ...
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ALQ-144 - Infrared guided missile countermeasure system
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Northrop Grumman Guardian
The Northrop Grumman Guardian is a passive anti-missile countermeasure system designed specifically to protect commercial airliners from shoulder-launched missiles (commonly known as MANPADS), using directed infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) t ...
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Directional Infrared Counter Measures
Directional Infrared Counter Measures (DIRCM) are a class of anti-missile systems produced to protect aircraft from infrared homing missiles, primarily MANPADS and similar simple systems.
Earlier infrared countermeasures like flares or hot ...
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Common Infrared Countermeasures program CIRCM, the Common Infrared Countermeasures program, is a United States Army initiative intended to develop a lightweight, low-cost and modular laser-based infrared protection system for U.S. helicopters and light fixed-wing aircraft. The technology ...
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2002 Mombasa hotel bombing
The 2002 Mombasa attacks was a two-pronged terrorist attack on 28 November 2002 in Mombasa, Kenya against an Israeli-owned hotel and a plane belonging to Arkia Airlines. An all-terrain vehicle crashed through a barrier outside the Paradise Hote ...
- attack was co-ordinated with the shootdown attempt.
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List of airliner shootdown incidents
Airliner shootdown incidents have occurred since at least the 1930s, either intentionally or by accident. This chronological list shows instances of airliners being brought down by gunfire or missile attacksincluding during wartimerather than by Ti ...
References
External links
Saab official web site
Aircraft emergency systems
Missile countermeasures
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