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Loral Matador IRCM. The Matador infra-red jammer was optimised for use on large jet aircraft such as airborne command posts, AWACS, VIP transports and tanker/transports. Aft looking Matador transmitter LRUs are typically faired into the trailing edges of engine pylons or other structure adjacent to the engine tailpipes, with additional forward looking LRUs embedded in the wing roots to foil all aspect missiles. All transmitters are electronically synchronised by a central programmable controller unit
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Optical Warfare Part II
The Soviet thrust into the area of infrared search Track/ Laser fire control has been paralleled in the free world by the deployment of FUR/laser systems such as Lantirn on Western tactical aircraft such as the F-15E and F-16C/D.
Thermal Imaging/Laser Systems
Forward Looking Infrared (FUR) is a generic term referring to the broad range of thermal imaging equipment. The first true thermal imagers appeared in the seventies when the USAF deployed a range of systems based upon the Texas Instruments family of thermal imaging modules (TE March 1984). The technology has since proliferated and is now used on almost every class of platform.
Of particular interest here is its application to fire control systems used by tactical aircraft, such as the AVQ-26 Pave Tack carried by the RAAF’s F-111C, battlefield helicopters, such as the TADS/PNVS turrets carried by MDC AH-64A Apache, and SAM/AAA systems, such as the Philips Trackfire.
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