IRCM SYSTEM BASED ON COORDINATED MANAGEMENT OF FLARES AND DIRCM SYSTEMS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST IR-GUIDED MISSILES

摘要

Disclosed herein is an IRCM system (1), that is designed to be installed on a platform (A) for protection against IR- guided missiles and to be connected to a MWS (2) installed on said platform (A), wherein said MWS (2) is configured to detect approaching IR-guided missiles. The IRCM system (1) comprises: a DIRCM system (11) operable to track and jam approaching infrared-guided missiles; a flare deployment/launch apparatus (12) operable to deploy/launch flares; and a self-protection suite manager (114). Said self-protection suite manager (114) is configured to: store one or more DIRCM-flare coordination libraries indicative of a predefined policy of coordination of flare deployment/launch with operation of the DIRCM system (11); operate the DIRCM system (11) to track and jam an approaching IR-guided missile detected by the MWS (2); and, when the DIRCM system (11) is tracking and jamming an approaching IR-guided missile, operate also the flare deployment/launch apparatus (12) to deploy/launch flares based on the stored DIRCM-flare coordination library(ies).