It is recognised that there is an ever increasing level of hostile threats to fixed wing aircraft and helicopters in both military operational and civil scenarios globally. According to estimates there are more than 500,000 shoulder launched surface to air missiles, Man-Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS) on the international market and due to conflicts, many of these systems are now in the possession of non-state organisations and Terrorists.

Even though a high percentage of aircraft losses in the most recent hostilities were caused by Infrared Surface to-Air Missiles (IR SAMs), laser and radar threats are increasing in the theatre of operations. To reliably detect and counter, a broad range of potential threats, AMPS offers combination of different sensors to guarantee the best possible protection.

AMPS – HENSOLDT’s Airborne Missile Protection System – is a flexible stand-alone military-off-the-shelf (MOTS) self-protection suite for helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. It is capable of combining different kinds of warning sensors, counter measures and other avionic equipment, in order to protect the platform and its crew against a variety of threats, such as infrared, laser or radar guided missile threats. Its modular design allows AMPS to be easily adapted and configured to the specific operational needs and for different mission profiles. AMPS are in operational use on more than 250 military and VIP platforms for various customers worldwide.

HENSOLDT’s self-protection systems are in operational use on more than 700 military and VIP platforms for various customers worldwide including in India. We are proud to be the Market leader for missile warning with 9,000+ MILDS sensors delivered!

The AMPS systems offer following operational advantages:

• Missile Approach Warning Systems (MILDS), offers longer detection range and lowest false alarm rate especially under harsh environmental conditions (hot and humid). The system is lighter, smaller in size & volume and does not require cooling and hence has superior reliability and life cycle cost.
• The laser warning system (ALTAS) detects laser range finders, laser target designators and, with the additional beam rider channels of ALTAS-2QB, also continues wave beam rider sources at long ranges.
• The fully digital, modular and scalable Radar Warning Receiver (Kalætron product family) provides superior performance for threat detection and reaction time starting from the antenna system until the generated digital output stream to cope with the new requirements for survival of platform and personnel in modern warfare scenarios. The system has proven a superior detection range compared to analog systems (wideband/narrowband receivers). It detects and tracks all emitters at very long distances in short time and enhances situational awareness of the pilot for avoiding actual radar threats. The system has proven its outstanding multi-signal capabilities and proven COMS suppression by using software defined filters in respective scenarios. The system is capable of recording an enormous amount of data (PDWs) which has never been available for post mission evaluation before (ELINT characteristics) and is especially designed for the challenging and dense electromagnetic environment of tomorrow.

HENSOLDT’s self-protection systems are in operational use on more than 700 military and VIP platforms for various customers worldwide including in India. We are proud to be a market leader for missile warners with 9,000+ MILDS sensors delivered.The suite is modular, flexible, easy to install and cost effective. The modular system architecture makes it easy to customise the configuration for specific operational requirements by combining selected sub systems to deliver a desired effect.