Posted 9-13-2004 at 12:01 AM

From Janes.com
"Israel Military Industries (IMI) has developed an invisible flare for use by its Flight Guard protection system for civilian aircraft. The Flight Guard system, developed jointly by IMI and Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), will soon be installed on six El Al Israel Airlines passenger aircraft, making El Al the world's first airline to operate aircraft equipped with a defence system against shoulder-launched missiles.

Flight Guard is undergoing a series of flight tests, where the system is checked against the infrared seekers of several surface-to-air missiles. The tests will be concluded in August and the first system is scheduled to be installed in an El Al aircraft in September.

Since the use of Flight Guard has not been approved by US and European aviation authorities, it will first be installed on aircraft serving Africa and Asia, where the level of threat is considered higher. However, IMI and IAI are expecting the new invisible flare to improve the chances of Flight Guard receiving Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) licensing, as the flare is designed to reduce public fright when activated over an airport.

Flight Guard is adapted from a military system used by the Israel Air Force's fixed-wing and rotorcraft. It comprises a variant of IAI subsidiary Elta's EL/M-2160 pulse-Doppler radar, which detects surface-to-air shoulder-launched missiles. The radar activates IMI's countermeasures dispensing system (CMDS), which jams heat-seeking missiles and sends them off course by creating a signature close to that of the aircraft's engine."

As usual! Israel is innovative when it comes to defense! It seems they always are one step ahead!

I like this article! Any change you would submit this article to ComPilots.com?

Are you there spokesman, or are you an actual member here?

Indeed, Isreal is a superpower at military innovations, and money, that's prolly why the Arabs never was able to destroy Isreal even after so many attempts. About this invisible flare though, would it work better than regular flares?

Anyhow Mike, I got this news piece from Janes, so if you want just take it from there, maybe I can setup a RSS news feed so you can put it up on your site? :D

lllb0y ComPilots owns ComPilots.com so he's a member here and a spokesperson I guess.

Ah, ok. Well just checking cause it would kinda be awkward and rood if he was doing what I did;).

Yes indeed considering Compilots has 7000+ members I don't think they would need to advertise here. ;)

lllb0y, I just liked the article and thought it would be interesting reading material for my users! I am not here to advertise myself, if that was your question!
Besides, spamming forums is not the right way. It can generate a bad name! I don't recommend you doing it!

Michael, Thanks! I will visit that web-site!

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Originally posted by Michael Yes indeed considering Compilots has 7000+ members I don't think they would need to advertise here. ;)

Thanks for almost doubling the number of users we have!
Compilots has only about 4000+ members! :cool:

Erm, close enough. ;)