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Elbit Systems Deutschland has announced a new contract with Lufthansa Technik to install its advanced J-MUSIC Directed Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) self-protection system on Germany’s Airbus A350 official government aircraft. The agreement, initiated by the Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Operations of the Bundeswehr (BAAINBw), will be executed over a five-year period and represents the first application of Elbit’s DIRCM technology on an A350 aircraft.

Elbit Systems to equip German Airbus A350 with DIRCM self-protection technology

Elbit Systems’ DIRCM technology is specifically designed to counter threats from advanced surface-to-air missiles, utilising laser technology and sophisticated imaging systems.

Lufthansa Technik AG handed over another new Airbus A350 government aircraft to the German Armed Forces. Prior to this, the modern long-haul jet was ceremonially christened ”Theodor Heuss”, after the first President of the Federal Republic of Germany. Already tomorrow, the aircraft will be ferried from Lufthansa Technik’s Hamburg base to Cologne-Wahn airport to be officially put into political-parliamentary flight service by the German Airforce.

Lufthansa Technik hands over A350 “Theodor Heuss”

Air / By Defence Industry Europe

Lufthansa Technik AG handed over another new Airbus A350 government aircraft to the German Armed Forces.

Lufthansa Technik AG formally handed over the second Airbus A350-900 government aircraft to the German Armed Forces. The aircraft, bearing the tactical registration 10+01, will soon join the fleet of the Federal Ministry of Defense's (BMVg) Special Air Mission Wing for long-haul political-parliamentary flight operations. It is equipped for the first time with a full government cabin. Siemtje Moeller (SPD), Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Ministry of Defense, ceremoniously christened the aircraft in the name of former Federal Chancellor "Konrad Adenauer", in the presence of his grandson of the same name.

Handover of Airbus A350 “Konrad Adenauer” to German Armed Forces

Air, Top / By Defence Industry Europe

Lufthansa Technik AG formally handed over the second Airbus A350-900 government aircraft to the German Armed Forces.