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BAE Introduces Boldstroke DIRCM for Aircraft Survivability

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Monday, November 8th, 2010

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By B.C Kessner BAE Systems recently unveiled its Boldstroke directable infrared countermeasures suite (DIRCM), a new integrated aircraft survivability system designed to protect aircraft from infrared-guided missiles and other evolving threats. "Boldstroke is about more than just the DIRCM solution," Mark Hutchins, program manager, survivability and protection systems at BAE Electronic Warfare, told reporters recently. "It is about integrated, multi-spectral ASE [aircraft survivability equipment]." The Boldstroke DIRCM was publicly displayed for the first time during the Association of the United…

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Congress

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Army

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Congress

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