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New L-3 missile protection for bizav operators
L-3 Avisys is offering business aircraft operators a missile protection system based on the Widebody Integrated Platform Protection System (WIPPS) that it

L-3 Avisys is offering business aircraft operators a missile protection system based on the Widebody Integrated Platform Protection System (WIPPS) that it installed on an Airbus A340 last year for a Middle Eastern head-of-state customer. According to Avisys president Ron Gates, the package is demonstrating extremely low false-alarm rates and promises life-cycle costs that could be no more than one-seventh of those of rival laser-based directed infrared countermeasure systems.

WIPPS combines a pulse Doppler radar missile warning system provided by Thales with ultraviolet detection technology from EADS. The system uses advanced algorithms to compare the two detection inputs and calculate extremely accurate range and time-to-impact data for incoming missiles.