Vigilant Eagle is an affordable, ground based airport protection system that uses high power microwave technology to protect commercial aircraft from shoulder-fired missiles.

Vigilant Eagle creates a dome of protection around an airport that protects all aircraft. Missiles are identified and tracked, and a High-power Amplifier-Transmitter (HAT) radiates a beam of directed electromagnetic energy to disrupt the missile and divert it away from the target aircraft.

Raytheon is testing Vigilant Eagle under a U.S. Department of Homeland Security demonstration contract. Evaluations on the system are underway at undisclosed airports.

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Mike Booen - Vice President of Advanced Missile Defense and Directed Energy Weapons