Civil Aircraft Missile Protection System

Civil Aircraft Missile Protection System (CAMPS) is an infrared countermeasure against infrared-homed anti-aircraft missiles, specifically designed to defend civilian aircraft flying under 15,000 feet (4,600 m) against MANPADS.

The system was developed by Saab Avitronics, Chemring Countermeasures and Naturelink Aviation.^[1]

The decoys use a pyrophoric substance that burns at a relatively low temperature,^[2] thereby avoiding any fire safety concerns associated with conventional pyrotechnic military flares, such as those used by a similar Israeli system.^[3] The onboard processor uses neural network pattern recognition algorithms to classify potential threats detected by its infrared sensors.^[2] The system was successfully demonstrated at the Overberg Test Range in March 2007.^[1]

See also

• Flight Guard
• ALQ-144 - Infrared guided missile countermeasure system
• Northrop Grumman Guardian
• Directional Infrared Counter Measures
• Common Infrared Countermeasures program
• 2002 Mombasa hotel bombing - attack was co-ordinated with the shootdown attempt.
• List of airliner shootdown incidents