Two companies are offering Israeli-built anti-missile systems to the civil aircraft market to protect airliners and business aircraft from the terrorist threat posed by shoulder-launched missiles, or Manpads (man-portable air defense systems). Both systems have proven pedigrees in the protection of military aircraft and both companies–Elisra, with its Lorica adaptation of the PAWS line of infrared missile warning systems, and ELTA/IMI, with its Flight Guard–are convinced that they can offer a credible and certifiable solution for operators who want protection from terrorists firing at their aircraft.
Elisra’s Lorica detects and tracks missiles using sophisticated algorithms, as well as image and signal processing. It tracks each missile’s trajectory to determine whether or not it directly threatens the aircraft. If the system determines the missile is a threat, it alerts the pilot and automatically deploys countermeasures to direct the missile away from the aircraft.
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