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May 28, 2023

USCG Rescues Three Off South Carolina Coast

39-Foot Vessel Capsizes and Sinks

On 26 May 2023, a U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Savannah, Georgia aircrew rescued three people in the wake of a maritime accident that saw the 39-foot vessel upon which the trio was faring capsize near South Carolina’s Kiawah Island—a barrier island some 15-nautical-miles southwest Charleston. The Coast Guard Air Station Savannah aircrew hoisted the three individuals aboard their helicopter and transported them to a Kiawah Island Beach Patrol. No injuries were reported.

New Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity Contract to Equip USAF Aircraft with IR Defenses

Northrop Grumman Corporation has continued its work for the US Air Force providing its Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure (LAIRCM) systems. The systems are an essential system to defeat incoming infrared-tracking missiles. The LAIRCM system allows the aircraft to detect, track, and jam incoming infrared missile threats, hopefully saving the plane and all those aboard. The equipped, high-power laser targets a closing missile and tags its sensitive IR seeker in the hopes of blinding it and preventing an impact or ignition.