Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) Expands Use of Elbit Systems’ DIRCM to VIP Aircraft

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Haifa, Israel: Elbit Systems Limited has delivered a self-protection suite to the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s (RNLAF) Gulfstream G-650ER VIP Aircraft. The delivery was carried out within a year of signing and after comprehensive flight acceptance tests.

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The flight acceptance tests included the examination of the system over a number of flights, all of which were successful and to the full satisfaction of the customer.

The aircraft was equipped with an advanced protective suite that includes Elbit Systems’ Direct Infra-Red Counter Measures (DIRCM) and Infra-Red-based Passive Airborne Warning System (IR MWS), a configuration with an EASA supplemental type certificate (STC).

This project joins many across the world, including NATO‘s MRTT A330 refueling fleet project-of which the Netherlands is a member- that has a similar protection system installed.

Ziv Ashkenazi, VP Business Development and Marketing, Airborne Systems at Elbit Systems said, “This plane joins a large fleet of aircraft around the world that are equipped with our advanced and proven self-protection suite. The quality and reliability of our systems have been proven once again in the acceptance trials as well as in the quick completion of the project for our important Dutch customer.”

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Netherlands Material IT Command Project Leader: “Based on our experiences with the MMF MRTT-fleet, we were convinced that this self-protection system would fulfill our requirements. We are very satisfied with the support, flexibility and performance provided to our G650ER project.”

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