Leonardo partners with Britain for new
aircraft decoy system
By Richard Tomkins |
May 9, 2017 at 12:07 PM
May 9 (UPI) -- Leonardo is partnering
with the British Royal Air Force's Rapid Capability Office to develop the next
generation of decoy counter-measures for fighter aircraft, the
company announced today.
The partnering -- the first joint project by
the new office created to bring new technologies to the warfighter -- will use
Leonardo's BriteCloud EAD technology for the development of new expendable
active decoys.
It will also act to get Leonardo's existing
BriteCloud EAD system approved for operational use, Leonardo said.
BriteCloud is a radar jamming decoy. It can
be deployed from a standard chaff and flare dispenser, and draws an incoming
missile away from the targeted aircraft.
BriteCloud is a second-generation, expendable
active decoy that uses enhanced on-board jamming techniques. The Leonardo/RCS
teaming will lead to a jointly develop third-generation expendable active
decoy.
Original post: upi.com
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