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...Force system designed to defeat SAMs is an updated version of the AN/AAQ-24 (V) Nemesis, which protects both big transports (apparently including Air Force One) and military helicopters. Built by the Northrop Grumman Corp., it is known as the Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures - LAIRCM - system, and will eventually be carried in all 943 cargo planes and tankers operated by the U.S. Air Force. Under current plans, the first C-17 will be outfitted with the system in 2004. Civilians may have to wait a little longer...
...required by the crew. The pilot simply is informed that a threat missile was detected and jammed. "Inexpensive, yet lethal, surface-to-air missiles have proliferated around the globe and unfortunately are in the hands of our potential adversaries," says Arnold Welch, vice president for Infrared Countermeasures Programs at Northrop Grumman's Defensive Systems Division in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. "It is essential that our military pilots and air crews have this sophisticated type of protection in order to perform their missions and return safely...
...Saturday the Tigers elected to go for it twice on fourth downs inside the Harvard 30, failing both times, and freshman kicker Derek Javarone botched a 38-yard field goal attempt in the second quarter. Princeton sorely missed Taylor Northrop ’02, its All-Ivy kicker who could boot 50-yarders with ease...
...Tigers look to be a solid competitor next year, returning Opara, running back Cam Atkinson, and quarterback David Splithoff. Princeton will be hurt by the loss of NFL-caliber kicker Taylor Northrop...
...don’t really watch my balls go through [the goalposts],” Northrop said. “I look up and the ball is pretty much already through. I was [looking] down for half a second and I thought, ‘Yes, I hit it nice.’ I looked up and it did not go through. I am stunned...