Electronic Warfare

Platform Protection BriteCloud Miysis Typhoon Threat Simulation Cyber Academy NATO JEWCS Tempest

In the UK, Leonardo has a rich heritage in Electronic Warfare boasting over 100 years of history and providing the latest advances in radio frequency technology to our military customers in the UK and further afield.

Under a strategic partnering arrangement (SPA) with the Royal Air Force and the Ministry of Defence’s Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) and Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) agencies, Leonardo acts as the UK industry lead chosen to bring together onshore providers to provide value-for-money defensive equipment for the nation’s fleets of military aircraft, while boosting export opportunities and generating prosperity around the UK.

The company leads the consortium responsible for the Praetorian Defensive Aids Sub-System (DASS) currently installed on the Eurofighter Typhoon and the company's BriteCloud expendable active decoy launched in 2013, represents the most significant advance in radar-guided missile countermeasures since the advent of chaff.

As part of Team Tempest, which is developing a Next Generation Combat Air System capable of operating in the 2040+ environment, Leonardo will be responsible for all-aspect broadband Electronic Warfare capabilities on the new platform.

Air Platform Protection

Leonardo has more than a century's heritage and expertise designing and producing air platform protection solutions that keep aircrews and their aircraft safe around the world.

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Air Platform Protection

BriteCloud – Proven Pilot Protection

BriteCloud – Proven Pilot Protection

For over 100 years, Leonardo has designed world-leading airborne electronic warfare solutions that have helped save lives of aircrews on operations around the world. Our BriteCloud decoy represents the most significant advance in radar-guided missile countermeasures since the advent of chaff.

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Miysis DIRCM – Bringing You Home Safe

As threats to military aircraft have proliferated and accelerated over time, so has Leonardo’s expertise in developing countermeasures that protect fast jets, transport aircraft, helicopters and their crews around the globe. Discover how Leonardo's Miysis DIRCM, the world’s most advanced operational Directed Infrared Countermeasures system, is already protecting airborne systems for UK and NATO end-users.

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Miysis DIRCM – Bringing You Home Safe

The Eye of the Typhoon

The Eye of the Typhoon

Leonardo is a Eurofighter Typhoon consortium partner, providing the Royal Air Force with its multi-role combat air capability. We are responsible for delivering over 60% of the aircraft’s on-board avionics including leading the consortia that develop both the Radar and Defensive Aid Sub-System.

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Supporting UK MoD pre-flight threat simulation equipment

Leonardo provides in-service support for the MoD's pre-flight threat simulation equipment, currently being used on the Typhoon, Tornado, Merlin, Wildcat, Chinook and C130J platforms.

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Supporting UK MoD pre-flight threat simulation equipment

Lincoln Academy

Lincoln Academy

With Cyber & Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA) playing an ever-increasing critical role in military operations, Leonardo offers a combination of tools, expertise and training to enable our UK armed forces and their international allies to gain mission advantage in the digital battlespace.

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Leonardo signs €180m deal to upgrade NATO's EW training equipment

Leonardo is providing new electronic warfare training equipment for the NATO Joint Electronic Warfare Core Staff (JEWCS), with equipment delivered in tranches from our Electronic Warfare (EW) centre of excellence in Luton, UK.

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Leonardo signs €180m deal to upgrade NATO's EW training equipment

Tempest – Developing a Future Combat Air System

Tempest – Developing a Future Combat Air System

Under Team Tempest, Leonardo is working with the RAF Rapid Capability Office, BAE Systems, Rolls Royce and MBDA to provide the technologies, knowledge, skills and expertise to develop a Next Generation Combat Air System capable of operating in the 2040+ environment.

Discover how Leonardo is developing a Future Combat Air System

Spider Comint Communications electronic support measures using advanced direction finding techniques to locate targets and warn of threats.

SI-9150 Polaris Multi-channel Wideband Tuners

SI-9150 Polaris Multi-channel Wideband Tuners The Polaris tuner family builds on a 50-year legacy of continuous innovation in the design of state-of-the-art HF/VHF/UHF tuners and receivers. With a frequency coverage of 2 MHz to 6.2 GHz, Polaris can intercept a wide range of signals of interest and provide a wide bandpass from each of its channels.

SI-8746 Harrier Multichannel Wideband HF Digital Tuner

SI-8746 Harrier Multichannel Wideband HF Digital Tuner Harrier, a 1U half-rack four-channel full-band VLF/HF digital tuner, provides exceptional dynamic range, clearly exceeding the performance of conventional narrowband and wideband digital VLF/HF radios.

SEER RWR (Radar Warning Receiver)

SEER RWR (Radar Warning Receiver)

Utilises a digital receiver for advanced situational awareness and is essential for evading threats in a complex hostile environment.

SAGE ESM (Electronic Support Measure)

SAGE ESM (Electronic Support Measure) Digital ESM / ELINT for RF intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.

Praetorian DASS (Defensive Aids Sub-System)

Praetorian DASS (Defensive Aids Sub-System) Currently installed on the Eurofighter Typhoon, provides protection against air-to-air and surface-to-air threat.

Miysis DIRCM Directed Infrared Countermeasure) System provides dependable, persistent protection from IR-guided missile

MAIR Multiple Aperture InfraRed – is a missile warning system based on multiple InfraRed sensors, able to cover the full angular volume around the aircraft.

HIDAS-15 Helicopter Integrated Defensive Aids System variant selected for the AW159 Wildcat.

Helicopter Integrated Defensive Aids System

Helicopter Integrated Defensive Aids System HIDAS is a suite of products scalable to meet the self-protection requirements of every helicopter platform, developed and proven in theatre on UK's Apache attack helicopter.

EWOS (Electronic Warfare Operational Support)

EWOS (Electronic Warfare Operational Support) EWOS (Electronic Warfare Operational Support) is dedicated to delivering EWOS capability.

Compact Jamming System

Compact Jamming System Compact, advanced and flexible DRFM jammer for pod, pylon and multiplatform aircraft type on-board integration.

BriteEye Is an integrated Defensive Aid Suite based on BriteCloud active decoy and SEER Radar Warning Receiver.

BriteCloud DRFM (Digital RF Memory) countermeasure

BriteCloud DRFM (Digital RF Memory) countermeasure The BriteCloud Expendable Active Decoy (EAD) is a small active self-contained DRFM countermeasure for fast jet aircraft.

ARIEL Towed RF Decoys

ARIEL Towed RF Decoys Family of Fibre Optic Towed RF Decoys that provide an effective off-board electronic countermeasure against all modern RF guided weapons.

Aircraft Gateway Processor (AGP)

Aircraft Gateway Processor (AGP) is an Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) controller contained within a single, flight qualified, Line Replaceable Unit.