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Advanced Decoy Device Tested

Jun 1, 2019

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The British Royal Air Force (RAF) has begun testing the latest version of the BriteCloud missile decoy on its Typhoon fighter aircraft. The technology is designed to protect combat jets from the latest radar-guided missiles.

British Defence minister Stuart Andrew revealed that the disposable soda-can-sized anti-radar electronics packages began testing in April.

BriteCloud uses powerful radar emissions to disrupt the targeting system within air-to-air and surface-to-air missiles, drawing them away to a safe distance. The device can be fired from an aircraft flare dispenser without the need for modification to the aircraft.

The miniature decoy designed and manufactured by Leonardo has been tested and released for the first time aboard the RAF’s fleet of Typhoon aircraft. The MOD has been working with Leonardo on its development since 2012 and has so far invested £27m in the system.

Further trials are planned to ensure the decoy launches safely from the aircraft and to develop a range of operational uses for the technology on the battlefield, including adding the devices to military helicopters and C-130 Hercules aircraft. The Typhoon trials will also inform how such decoys could be used on the RAF’s Lightning stealth jets.

Should the trials be succesful, the devices will be available for frontline aircrews by the end of 2019, according to gov.uk.