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== Integration with the Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) ==

The '''Common [[Missile Warning System]]''', or CMWS, consists of electro-optical missile warning sensors operating in the solar-blind ultra-violet wavelengths capable of detecting incoming missile threats and an electronic control unit that informs the aircraft crew of the threat, automatically triggering flare/chaff countermeasures.<ref>{{cite web|title=DOTE FY09 Annual Report - Army Programs (pp.55-56)|url=http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2009/pdf/other/2009DOTEAnnualReport.pdf|publisher=Director, Operational Test and Evaluation - US Department of Defense|accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>

As of the end of 2009, the production CMWS, coupled with chaff/flare dispensers was deployed on approximately 1,000 Army CH-47 Chinooks, UH-60 Blackhawks, [[AH-64]] Apaches, [R]C-12 Hurons, [[Cessna Citation V|UC-35]] Citations and [[C-23 Sherpa|C-23]] Sherpa Aircraft.<ref>{{cite web|title=DOTE FY09 Annual Report - Army Programs (pp.55-56)|url=http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2009/pdf/other/2009DOTEAnnualReport.pdf|publisher=Director, Operational Test and Evaluation - US Department of Defense|accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>