February theme: Aviation securityHSDW conversation with BAE's Burt Keirstead
Published 28 February 2008
Burt Keirstead is BAE Systems’ program director for JETEYE; in a conversation with the Daily Wire, Keirstead offers his view on the JETEYE’s advantages, how BAE’s system compares with Northrop Grumman’s Guardian, and more
HSDW: How many planes need to be defended against shoulder-fired missiles? DHS refers to about 7,200, while in our conversation with Northrop Grumman they said the number was closer to 4,000.
Burt Keirstead: The operable term in “need to be defended” is “need” — and this is anybody’s guess. You need to make some assumptions about the type of aircraft to be protected. Typically we talk about the larger aircraft, those that go overseas. Nominally you start with wide-body aircraft, those that have two aisles
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