DHS in $100M effort to develop airliner protection devices

The Department of Homeland Security is launching a two-year, $100 million effort to develop and demonstrate devices to protect airliners from shoulder-fired missiles. A production decision would follow. "DHS will investigate directed infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) and other technologies to provide...

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