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BriteCloud is a self-contained Digital RF Memory (DRFM) jammer developed by Finmeccanica company Selex ES to help protect fast jet aircraft. The decoy was launched by Selex ES at a conference held at the Churchill War Rooms London on 6 November 2013.

Fast jet aircraft face a highly developed airborne and surface-based RF threat. Mobile SAMs4 with highly accurate RF tracking systems present a formidable threat when used in pop-up mode and many older systems have been retro-fitted with modern electronics that have greatly enhanced their capabilities. The modern systems are particularly difficult to counter and have an array of Electronic Protection Measures (EPM) at their disposal.

BriteCloud has been developed to protect the platform against these modern tracking systems. Dispensed from a standard 55mm flare cartridge, BriteCloud draws threats away from the host platform, generating large miss distances.

BriteCloud is the technological successor to previous generations of RF decoys such as repeaters and Towed Radar Decoys (TRD). When a pilot launches a BriteCloud, the decoy searches for and counters priority threats. Incoming radar pulses are received and the BriteCloud’s on-board computer copies these pulses and uses them to simulate a ‘false target’ so convincing that the threat system cannot detect the deception. By doing this, the BriteCloud can ‘seduce’ even the most modern threats away from the platform.

Britecloud is designed to be launched and become operational extremely quickly, making it most effective in the end-game of an engagement although it can also be used to deny and disrupt radar target track.

Selex ES announced at the launch event that defence and security company Saab will be the first partner to offer the new decoy as an optional electronic warfare enhancement for all versions Gripen, both new and existing.