Article Posted on : - May 01, 2011

Guardian Laser Transmitter Assembly (GLTA)

ROLLING MEADOWS (BNS): Northrop Grumman has delivered the 1,000th Guardian Laser Transmitter Assembly (GLTA) to the US government which is a part of the Department of Navy's Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (DoN LAIRCM) system.

DoN LAIRCM is currently installed on US Marine Corps CH-53E helicopters operating in Afghanistan and on ship-based CH-46E helicopters.

The company has also produced over 930 small laser transmitter assemblies for a total of nearly 2,000 production laser-based IRCM transmitters.

The system functions by automatically detecting a missile launch, determining if it is a threat and activating a high-intensity laser-based countermeasure system to track and defeat the missile.