UK tests Finmeccanica’s BriteCloud decoy
The UK Air Force has successfully conducted an initial evaluation of Finmeccanica’s BriteCloud anti-missile countermeasure decoy, the company announced at the end of March.
The tests were carried out against a range of simulated threats featuring real radar systems. The trials demonstrated the effectiveness of the BriteCloud decoys against modern threats. BriteCloud is a small battery-powered digital radio frequency memory (DRFM) jammer. The decoy is small enough to be ejected similar to a flare from fighter aircraft.
During the tests, several decoys were launched from a Tornado GR4 aircraft as it was tracked by ground-based advanced RF threat systems. The decoys automatically detected threat radars and jammed them with the decoy's embedded DRFM jammer.
Finmeccanica has developed the BriteCloud expendable active decoy together with the UK MoD's Defence Equipment and Support organisation and the UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. The product was launched by Finmeccanica and Saab in November 2013, and Saab offers it as an electronic warfare enhancement for its Gripen aircraft.
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