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Monday, January 7th, 2008

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BAE, Northrop Grumman Gain DHS Counter-MANPADS Pacts The Department of Homeland Security provided contracts to BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] to test systems mounted on airliners to defeat missiles that terrorists shoot at the aircraft, DHS announced. Those competing systems each uses a beam to deflect enemy missiles, known as Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS). Under the contracts, the rival firms each will begin final engineering, prototype development, and deployment testing of the systems. The BAE unit, which…

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