BAE Systems’ TERRA RAVEN™ is a non-kinetic infrared countermeasure system originally derived from aircraft self-protection technology and adapted to safeguard ground vehicles from anti-tank guided missiles, improving both mission completion rates and crew survivability.
The system forms part of BAE Systems’ broader vehicle protection system portfolio and supports a multi-layered defensive architecture for armoured platforms.
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In November 2024, the US Army awarded BAE Systems a follow-on contract to continue developing its Multi-Class Soft Kill System (MCSKS). This programme is designed to strengthen the defences of ground combat vehicles against guided munitions and similar threats, thereby enhancing survivability and combat performance.
Under the MCSKS agreement, BAE Systems will further develop its laser-based Stormcrow and TERRA RAVEN countermeasure system in support of the US Army’s drive to expand electronic warfare-based active protection capabilities.
TERRA RAVEN design and features
The TERRA RAVEN has been engineered as a compact and modular suite that can be integrated with other vehicle protection technologies, including kinetic effectors, enabling straightforward upgrades over its lifecycle.
By using laser-based countermeasures, the system reduces dependence on kinetic interceptors, allowing crews to conserve ammunition for engagements where it is most needed and helping to reduce collateral damage.
Reliance on electronic rather than explosive countermeasures effectively provides a very high engagement capacity against successive threats, which improves tactical flexibility and supports control of through-life costs.
The system incorporates slew-to-cue functionality, and its configuration can be adapted to the platform type, mission demands and available funding.
When combined with BAE Systems’ 360 MVP Sensor™ situational awareness suite, the infrared countermeasure solution can detect, track and respond to hostile fire directed at armoured land vehicles in a coordinated manner.
360 MVP sensor details
The 360 MVP Sensor improves situational awareness and threat recognition for crews by employing four high-definition, wide-field, multifunction cameras that deliver clear imagery of the surrounding environment. This enables the automatic identification and tracking of potential threats such as dismounted personnel, small arms fire, aerial targets, disturbed ground and incoming missiles.
The sensor suite sustains continuous 360° coverage and threat warning by day and night and is designed to operate effectively in harsh battlefield conditions with limited visibility, including adverse weather, dust and smoke.
It can be networked with other vehicle protection technologies to provide passive cueing for both soft-kill and hard-kill systems. Slew-to-cue functionality is also supported, enabling automated detection, tracking and notification of emerging threats so that crews can react more quickly and with greater assurance.
360 MVP Sensor camera details
The 360 MVP Sensor employs four 1,920 × 1,200 longwave infrared camera cores that deliver low-latency imagery in challenging operational environments, allowing crews to identify dangers at an earlier stage and respond ahead of the adversary.
Its wide field of view, combined with advanced image processing, provides early warning of threats such as unmanned aerial systems and hostile ground forces. This early detection capability enables both crews and onboard defensive suites to act before enemy engagement, improving mobility, survivability and combat effectiveness, particularly in dense or urban terrain.
A larger sensor format extends the coverage from a traditional 40º horizontal by 30º vertical field of view to approximately 120º horizontal field of view and 75º vertical field of view. This expanded view improves the upward look angle and shortens the ground intercept distance.