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BAE Systems to upgrade laser for U.S. Army helicopters
NASHUA, N.H., 27 June 2007. BAE Systems has won two U.S. Army contracts totaling $54 million to provide a multiband laser technology upgrade for the Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures/Common Missile Warning System (ATIRCM/CMWS) program. The multiband laser (MBL) replaces an existing infrared jam laser and flash lamp subsystem designed to protect helicopters by defeating infrared-seeking missiles.