Missile Warning Component Production Doubled

Northvale, NJ - Photonic Products Group, Inc. announced that its INRAD business unit has doubled its production capacity for a proprietary ultra-violet (UV) waveband optical filter elements under contract to Northrop Grumman's Defensive Systems Division based in Rolling Meadows, IL, and has recently received additional orders for over 800 units. These production contracts are for the Northrop Grumman AN/AAR-54(V) Missile Warning System and the AN/AAQ-24(V) Nemesis DIRCM Self-Protection Suite. The dollar value of the contract was not disclosed.

The subject ultra-violet filters are specialty optical components made from high purity and high uniformity single-crystals of a proprietary material. This synthetic crystal material was developed by Northrop Grumman and is produced for them under license by INRAD. These filters are an optical component of Northrop Grumman's airborne electro-optical missile warning sensors.

Northrop Grumman's anti-missile aircraft defensive systems are currently employed on a variety of US and UK military aircraft operating world-wide, and their numbers are increasing. Originally developed for military aircraft, Northrop Grumman is adapting the DIRCM system under contract to the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), participating in that Department's program to develop and test anti-missile systems designed to protect commercial aircraft.

Dan Lehrfeld, President and CEO of Photonic Products Group commented, "We are proud to continue to be Northrop Grumman's supply chain partner for this critical component, keeping pace with their increasing requirements. Systems that protect military and commercial aircraft from the proliferating threat of anti-aircraft missiles are experiencing increases in demand throughout the world."

SOURCE: Photonic Products Group, Inc.