AEROSPACE group BAE Systems has won a contract from the US Government to develop a system to protect passenger jets from shoulder-fired missiles.
The US Department of Homeland Security said it had chosen BAE, US defence group Northrop Grumman, and United Airlines to adapt military missile detection and counter-measure equipment for civil aircraft.
They will develop a plan and test prototypes to determine if the technology exists to protect jets from attacks.
BAE and its partners will each receive about £1.1m for the first phase of the project, which will last six months.
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