Elbit Systems Wins $26.5 Mln Contract To Supply Advanced DIRCM Systems

(RTTNews) - Israel-based high technology company Elbit Systems Ltd. (ESLT) announced Wednesday that it was awarded approximately $26.5 million contract to supply advanced DIRCM Systems to an Asia-Pacific country.

Under the deal, the company would supply commercial multi-spectral infrared countermeasures or C-MUSIC systems to be implemented onboard a wide body jet aircraft of a country in the Asia-Pacific region. The contract will be performed over a two-year period.

C-MUSIC is based on Elbit Systems' MUSIC family of Directed Infrared Countermeasure or DIRCM systems for fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. It is an advanced countermeasure system that uses advanced fiber laser-directed infrared countermeasure technology to protect mid to large size airliners against heat-seeking shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles.