28 October 2025

BIRD Aerosystems, a global leader in defense technology, has successfully completed the delivery, integration, and commissioning of its Advanced Airborne Missile Protection Systems (AMPS) for an African Air Force.

The project included the installation and flight testing of AMPS on a fleet of Mi-17 and Mi-24 helicopters, ensuring full operational readiness and enhanced protection against advanced surface-to-air missile threats.

At the heart of the AMPS solution is BIRD’s proprietary SPREOS DIRCM (Self-Protection Radar Electro-Optic System), an advanced, patented countermeasure that integrates radar infrared tracking to detect, verify, track, and defeat missile threats with unmatched accuracy. SPREOS automatically confirms and neutralizes incoming threats with virtually zero false alarms for reliable, real-time protection against MANPADS.

The installation also includes BIRD’s μEYE Missile Warning Sensor (MWS), a compact electro-optical sensor that delivers fast, wide-area missile detection and enhances crew situational awareness. The seamless integration of both SPREOS and μEYE provides an accelerated time-to-market advantage, offering a fully field-proven and interoperable solution ready for immediate deployment.

This milestone marks BIRD Aerosystems’ ability to deliver complete, end-to-end programs that include system design, integration, testing, and certification, ensuring minimal aircraft downtime and rapid return to service.

“The successful delivery and commissioning of this AMPS configuration, featuring our in-house-developed SPREOS and μEYE sensors, is a significant milestone that deepens our partnership with this key African Air Force,” said Ronen Factor, Co-CEO and Founder of BIRD Aerosystems. “By developing and manufacturing these MWS entirely in-house, we ensure unmatched flexibility, swift customization, and dramatically improved time-to-market for our customers. We are proud to deliver a combat-proven turnkey solution that enhances fleet readiness and ensures maximum crew safety in challenging environments.”

About BIRD Aerosystems

BIRD Aerosystems, a global provider of innovative defense technology and solutions, protects the fleets and ground assets of governments and related agencies. The company specializes in two main business segments: Airborne Missile  Protection Systems (AMPS), which protect helicopters, transport aircraft, narrow and wide-body commercial aircraft and VVIP heads-of-state aircraft against ground-to-air & MANPADS. The second segment, ASIO, is an end-to-end Airborne Surveillance, Intelligence, and Observation solution designed for maritime and ground surveillance, search and rescue, patrol, and monitoring. By combining world-class engineering and patented technologies, BIRD Aerosystems delivers end-to-end solutions for airborne and land-based protection. The company provides turnkey programs that include design, certification, and installation. Customers include the U.S. government, UN Air Operations, NATO forces, and leading defense organizations worldwide.