Elix-IR® Threat Warning System

13 Jun 2023

Being on time means already being late, as some military might say. Similarly, as the speed and variety of potential threats to military air platforms continues to increase – e.g. missiles, Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs), small arms – knowing the threat is on its way means already being hit. Today more than ever before, platform survivability starts with the earliest possible warning. It starts with knowing when the threat is being fired and from where.

ELIX-IR finds a new home on the RAF Wedgetail

28 May 2020

Boeing has selected Leonardo and Thales in the UK to deliver a UK sovereign Defensive Aids System (DAS) for the UK’s new fleet of five Boeing E7 Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) MK1 aircraft, in another success for our world beating single-colour, Infra-Red, Threat Warner and our Countermeasures Dispensing System (CMDS).…