Since the development of
infrared jamming technology and the real scene of complex and changeable, which interfere with target acquisition performance, the input infrared images become more and more complex.
When a threat is detected, the system responds within 1 to 1.5 seconds, activating a smoke screen or directing an
infrared jamming signal toward the launching platform.
The AN/ALQ-144 is an
infrared jamming system designed to defeat enemy heat-seeking missiles.
Meanwhile, the administration has identified
infrared jamming devices, or DIRCMs, as the most promising technology to protect against missiles.
SIIRCM combines missile warning,
infrared jamming and expendable countermeasures into one integrated system to provide IR warning and self-protection jamming countermeasures.
This is thought to be a highly integrated suite combining radar warning, missile warning, radar and
infrared jamming capabilities and expendable decoys.
* TShU 1-7:
Infrared jamming system to provide armored fighting vehicles/ground installations with protection from anti-tank missiles such as TOW, HOT, Milan, Dragon, Cobra and AT-3.
An alternative means to chaff and one increasingly being introduced is an
infrared jamming system, such as the BAE Systems North America AN/ALQ-157, which was designed for transport aircraft and large troop-carrying helicopters.
Elsewhere, the company was actively promoting its Helicopter Integrated Defensive Aids Suite concept which includes active jamming, chaff/flares, fixed-source
infrared jamming, radar/laser warning and low observability air-frame features.