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"BAE Systems has entered Phase III of the US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) program to protect commercial airliners against infrared guided missiles. BAE Systems’ JETEYE system is based on the US Army’s Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures system to protect military aircraft. The system was flown and tested against simulated man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS), on an American Airlines Boeing 767 in late 2005. ‘We took technology that protects the lives of our service men and women every day and integrated it in a system that has proven its effectiveness on a commercial platform,’ said Burt Keirstead, BAE Systems program director for JETEYE in Nashua, New Hampshire. ‘A key tenet of the Phase III program is to refine the technology, improving reliability and minimizing cost.’ [Counter-terrorism]
