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What's The Difference Between Chaff And Flares? (And Why Do Military Aircraft Use Them?)

If you've watched "Top Gun," you might've noticed that the F/A-18's countermeasures use chaff/flare. While both chaff and flares are used by military aircraft to defend against incoming missiles, they ...
Flightglobal

SaabTech reveals chaff and flare dispenser for airliners

SaabTech has revealed a prototype chaff and flare dispenser intended for use in protecting commercial aircraft from infrared guided missiles. The company is also exploring potential development of a ...
Business Wire

Cobham Mission Systems Wins Contract to Provide Countermeasure Systems to German Air Force’s New Eurofighters

WIMBORNE, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cobham Mission Systems, a leading supplier in military aircraft countermeasure components, announced today it has won subcontracts to provide chaff and flare ...
Flightglobal

Picture: Sikorsky S-92 fires chaff and flare countermeasures

Sikorsky’s new S-92 multi-mission helicopter has demonstrated its ability to discharge chaff and flare countermeasures in a test at the US Naval Weapons Test Centre at China Lake, California. The ...
Aviation Week

Tejas Performs Chaff, Flare Test

BENGALURU, India — India’s Tejas Light Combat Aircraft on Dec. 2 test-fired chaff and flares from the countermeasure dispensing system (CMDS) indigenously designed and developed by Bharath Dynamics ...
The Aviationist

U.S. Air National Guard Recommends Fielding Of BriteCloud 218 Decoy

The decoy will be designated AN/ALQ-260(V)1 in U.S. Armed Forces service. The U.S. Air National Guard has issued a “fielding recommendation” for Leonardo’s BriteCloud 218 Expendable Active Decoy, ...
Aviation Week

BriteCloud Decoy Goes Global

The RAF is working to deploy BriteCloud 55 on its Typhoon fleet before the platform receives its new Smart Stores Dispenser. Interest in the Leonardo BriteCloud decoy system is growing around the ...