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What's The Difference Between Chaff And Flares? (And Why Do Military Aircraft Use Them?)

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 ...
Business Wire

Cobham Mission Systems Wins Contract to Provide Countermeasure Systems to German Air Force’s New Eurofighters

WIMBORNE, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cobham Mission Systems, a leading supplier in military aircraft countermeasure components, announced today it has won subcontracts to provide chaff and flare ...
GovCon Wire

State Department Clears Australia’s $164M FMS Request for Countermeasures, Impulse Cartridges

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday Australia requested to purchase MJU-61 and MJU-64 decoy flares, MJU-66 and MJU-76 flare countermeasures, RR-198A/L chaff cartridges and CCU-145/A ...
The National Interest

The F-22 Raptor Is About to Become Even Harder to Beat in the Sky

Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Air Force has awarded an $11.7 million contract to Armtec Countermeasures to enhance the F-22 Raptor’s radar countermeasure capabilities with the RR-196 chaff. -This ...
StrategyPage

Military Photo: Chaff and Flares

A C-130H Hercules from the 302nd Airlift Wing expends chaff and flares during a training sortie as a part of exercise Ivy Mass 2024, June 13, 2024, in eastern Colorado. Chaff and flares are defensive ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Fred Whipple Figured Out How to Hide Airplanes From Enemy Radar

How chaff was invented in World War II. Roger Connor Whipple donated this packet of chaff, a cardboard envelope filled with hundreds of strands of aluminum. Center: A Boeing B-17 airman pushes chaff ...