# Additional UN helicopters gets Bird’s AMPS Solution

- Link: https://www.military.africa/2022/07/additional-un-helicopters-gets-birds-amps-solution/
- Published: 2022-07-11T14:42:03+01:00
- Author: Military Africa

Following several previous successful installations of BIRD’s solutions on UN Air
Operations aircraft, the company has completed another installation of its [AMPS-MV Airborne Missile Protection System](https://www.military.africa/2019/12/bird-aerosystems-introduces-aeroshieldm-airborne-missile-protection-systems/),
which includes the MACS sensor, on UN Air Operations Mi-17 helicopters.

Ready for immediate operational use, The [AMPS-MV systems](https://www.military.africa/2019/12/bird-aerosystems-introduces-aeroshieldm-airborne-missile-protection-systems/)
will protect the UN Air Operations VIPs when flying in Africa. As a qualified supplier
of Airborne Missile Protection System for the UN as well as for other leading organizations
such as the US government and various NATO forces, this follow-on order comes after
several previous successful installations of BIRD’s solutions on UN Air Operations
aircraft in recent years.

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Operationally deployed in dangerous conflict areas worldwide, BIRD’s [AMPS missile protection system ](https://www.military.africa/2019/12/bird-aerosystems-introduces-aeroshieldm-airborne-missile-protection-systems/)
provides the most enhanced protection for military and civilian aircraft against
the growing threat of ground-to-air missiles (MANPADS).

In August 2019, Israeli-based Bird Aerosystems [received a contract from the United Nations](https://www.military.africa/2019/08/bird-aerosystems-to-provide-missile-defence-systems-for-un-mi-17-helicopters-operating-in-africa/)
to provide its airborne missile protection system (AMPS) to the Mi-17 helicopters
operating in Africa.

> [Bird Aerosystems to provide missile defence systems for UN Mi-17 helicopters operating in Africa.](https://www.military.africa/2019/08/bird-aerosystems-to-provide-missile-defence-systems-for-un-mi-17-helicopters-operating-in-africa/)

Likewise, in November 2021, Bird [delivered its AMPS-MD with the SPREOS DIRCM to another customer,](https://www.military.africa/2021/11/birds-amps-md-installed-on-mi-17-helicopter-fleet/)
and successfully installed it on his Mi-17 helicopters.

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BIRD’s [SPREOS (Self Protection Radar Electro-Optic System),](https://www.military.africa/2021/10/bird-aerosystems-successfully-concludes-spreos-live-firing-demonstration/)
an integral part of the AMPS MD system, combines a Semi-Active Dual Band Radar and
Directional IR Countermeasure. Queued by the Missile Warning Sensors, SPREOS points
towards the suspected threat, performs a Doppler-based interrogation to confirm 
the existence of a valid threat, and extracts its key parameters.

> [BIRD’s AMPS MD installed on Mi-17 helicopter fleet](https://www.military.africa/2021/11/birds-amps-md-installed-on-mi-17-helicopter-fleet/)

In addition, [SPREOS](https://www.military.africa/2021/10/bird-aerosystems-successfully-concludes-spreos-live-firing-demonstration/)
precisely tracks and points an advanced 5ht generation solid-state Quantum Cascade
Laser (QCL) towards the threat for the most effective jamming of the missile while
continually assessing the jamming effectiveness.

AMPS automatically detects, verifies, and foils SAM attacks through the effective
use of countermeasure decoys (Flares and Chaff) and by Directional Infrared Countermeasures(
DIRCM) that jam the missile’s IR seeker and protect the aircraft. The AMPS-MV includes
BIRD Aerosystems’ patented Missile Approach Confirmation Sensor (MACS) sensor, which
performs unique confirmation of suspected incoming missile threats detected by the
main electro-optical passive sensors, practically eliminating any False Alarms. 
MACS ensures that only actual missiles will be declared by the system and reacted
upon.

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Ronen Factor, Co-CEO and Founder at BIRD Aerosystems: “Providing the highest level
of protection for its personnel, the UN Air Operations again chooses to equip its
aircraft with BIRD’s AMPS Airborne Missile Protection System. As the recent conflict
in Ukraine showed us, the importance of these systems for the protection of soldiers’
lives is undoubted.”

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