The 107th Airlift Wing went on a night formation training mission on Sept. 25, 2012, fully loaded with live flares to be used in a training scenario. A flare is a countermeasure to enemies' infrared ...

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 ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – Airmen may have an easier time loading chaff and flare canisters for Air Force aircraft thanks to a device created by a former munitions inspector at this airlift hub in ...

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 ...

LINKOPING, Sweden, Oct. 19 (UPI) --Saab reports that it is to produce additional high-capacity counter-measure dispensers for chaff and flares for Australia's Air Force. The BOL dispensers will be ...

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 ...

Nagpur: Solar Group, a Nagpur-based company, has begun production of chaff and flare systems, an electronic countermeasure device for military aircraft. The facility was inaugurated last week by the ...

The German Air Force Tornado fleet will avoid firing of pyrotechnics when testing its self-protection system. Chaff/flare dispensing systems can be electronically tested with Ruag’s CAST-easy system. ...

ITAJUBA, Brazil, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Eurocopter's Brazilian subsidiary has completed flight testing of a flare and chaff dispensing system for EC725 helicopters for the Brazilian military. Helibras said ...

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, ...