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The Czech Republic has awarded a new contract to BIRD Aerosystems for supply of additional AMPS-MV systems for Czech Air Force Mi-17s

Czech Air Force Orders BIRD Aerosystems Mi-17 Missile Protection Systems

Atul Chandra - : Mar 22, 2021 - : 6:38 pm

The Czech Republic has awarded a new contract to BIRD Aerosystems for supply of additional AMPS-MV systems with the patented Missile Approach Confirmation Sensor (MACS) for the Czech Air Force Mi-17 fleet.

The Israeli firm bagged the contract after conducting an overall upgrade to the Czech Air Force’s existing AMPS systems earlier this year.

The upgrade added enhanced functionality to the MILDS UV detection sensors and the MCDU Mission computers.

As part of the current contract BIRD Aerosystems will provide the Czech Air Force its AMPS systems with the MACS sensor, which ensures that no false alarms will be detected and the system will react only to validated real threats.

The Israeli firm’s AMPS are already operational on the Czech Air Force Mi-17 helicopters, being successfully deployed in different conflict zones, including Afghanistan.

“We appreciate the confidence placed in our AMPS solution by the Czech Air Force, who decided to purchase additional systems for its Mi-17 fleet. Equipped with BIRD’s AMPS-MV solution with the MACS sensor, they can rest assured knowing that their aircraft and crew are safe even when flying in automatic mode in the most complicated conflict zones,” said Ronen Factor, Co-CEO and Founder at BIRD Aerosystems.

This contract is a part of the overall modernization of the Czech Mi-17 transport helicopter fleet.

BIRD Aerosystems’ AMPS provides enhanced protection for military and civilian aircraft against all known Surface to Air Missiles (SAM), including MANPADS, Laser Beam Rider threats, and radar-guided missiles.

The AMPS system automatically detects, verifies, and foil missile attacks through the effective use of countermeasure decoys (Flares and Chaff) that jam the missile’s IR seeker and protect the aircraft.

A Semi-Active confirmation radar is used as the Missile Approach Confirmation Sensor (MACS) which significantly reduces the false alarm rate of the overall Missile Warning System.

Queued by a suspected threat, MACS points towards it and performs a Doppler-based interrogation to confirm the existence of a valid threat.

This results in the MACS providing effective filtering of all known natural and human-made types of false alarms typically detected by electro-optical sensors, and ensures that only real missiles will be declared by the system and reacted upon.

Fully operational, BIRD’s AMPS-MV with the MACS sensor is provided as a turn-key solution that includes installation design, installation, integration, certification, and support, and is certified by leading aircraft manufacturers.

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