Bombardier Global 7500 anti-missile system receives EASA certification

BIRD Aerosystems has finished installing its Airborne Missile Protection System on a Bombardier Global 7500 and obtained certification for the installation from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.

The Florida-based group Ondas, which bought the Israeli aircraft protection specialist in March 2026, disclosed the approval on October 13, 2026. Ondas said the clearance confirms the suite's integration on the Global 7500 satisfies European airworthiness rules, meaning the hardware can be treated as part of the jet's approved configuration. The identity of the aircraft's operator was not released.

At the centre of the suite is a directional infrared countermeasures system, which uses lasers to disrupt the guidance seekers of heat-seeking missiles. According to the company, the package brings together warning, threat confirmation, tracking and countermeasures, and it says false alarms are reduced to almost nothing. The equipment is intended to defeat man-portable air-defense systems and other infrared-guided threats.

Ondas chairman and chief executive Eric Brock said shielding high-value aircraft and government aviation assets from increasingly sophisticated missile threats is a critical and growing defense requirement.

Governments have fitted directional infrared countermeasures to dedicated VIP transports, including Germany's Airbus A350 government aircraft. Cost, weight and upkeep demands have largely kept the technology off commercial airliners.

When Ondas acquired BIRD in March 2026, it said the company's protection systems were already in service on more than 700 aircraft spanning over 40 types, with operators that included the US Army, NATO forces and United Nations aviation fleets.