Safety
Saab studies missile-protection system
For business jets operating in potentially hostile areas, Sweden’s Saab might soon offer some protection.

For business jets operating in potentially hostile areas, Sweden’s Saab might soon offer some protection. The company’s Avitronics division is hoping to receive EASA certification within the next eight months for its Civil Aircraft Missile Protection System (Camps). The company claims the defense system–based on countermeasures already in use on military aircraft–is the only such European system for civil aircraft.

One of the strengths Saab stresses regarding its Camps is ease of maintenance and safety. The oxygen-reactive pyrophoric countermeasures are ignited only in a fast-moving airstream–more than 80 meters per second–and, according to Saab, require no special equipment or training for reloading.

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