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Army

Raytheon ‘Quiet Eyes’ Stirs Service Interest

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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

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By Ann Roosevelt The services are interested inRaytheon's [RTN] Directed Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) system laser-pointer-tracker known as "Quiet Eyes," that is designed to provide aircraft self-protection against infrared threat missiles, according to officials. "All of our services are looking at this and we've received tremendous support and we appreciate that support in the development because they see real promise in this technology," Mark Noyes, director of business development for Raytheon directed energy weapons, told Defense Daily at the Association of…

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