BriteCloud AN/ALQ260(V1)

Expendable Active Decoy

Following successful trials under the Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) program on US F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets, the US Air National Guard issued a "fielding recommendation" for BriteCloud 218. The US subsequently designated BriteCloud 218 as AN/ALQ-260(V1), identifying it as an airborne electronic warfare countermeasure.

Designed for fast jet and fixed-wing aircraft, BriteCloud AN/ALQ260(V1) is a battery-powered, self-contained advanced digital countermeasure designed to enhance platform survivability by defeating RF-guided missiles and fire control radars.

As an off-board capability, the BriteCloud Digital RF Memory (DRFM), AN/ALQ260(V1) jammer addresses the ‘home-on-jam’ vulnerabilities inherent with onboard solutions, while a very quick deployment time creates a large miss distance, drawing the threat away from the platform.

Designed to be launched from a conventional decoy dispenser, BriteCloud AN/ALQ260(V1) has already been extensively trialed by the UK and other nations on platforms including the F16, Tornado, and Gripen.

  • BriteCloud AN/ALQ260(V1) is in production and ready for order now.

 

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Operational Benefits

  • Coalition Fielded, true Fire & Forget, self-contained battery-powered EAD
  • Launches from A/C dispenser creating extreme RF decoy miss distance
  • Platform & Dispenser agnostic – no hardware or aircraft modifications required
  • DRFM-based techniques increase effectivity for preemptive/reactive threat counters - easily optimized to counter emerging threats

Electronic Warfare Operational Support (EWOS)

Give your platform the best possible protection with EWOS. Our world class provision includes:

  • Threat Vulnerability Analysis and Countermeasure Development (TVACD)
  • Comprehensive training packages
  • Simple programming
  • Data and configuration management tools
  • Sovereign capability development

 

  • Self-contained battery-powered Expendable Active RF Decoy
  • Significantly lower procurement cost than equivalent TRD technology
  • Easy to integrate, uses existing dispensers
  • Zero sustainment or maintenance costs
  • Provides ability for either pre-emptive or reactive threat counters
  • Provides full 360° operational coverage

Variants

BriteCloud-EW Variants

 

BriteCloud Datasheet 

  • Frequency band: H-J
  • Size: BC218 2 inch x 8 inch, BC55T 55 mm diameter,
  • Weight of round: BC218 1.1 lbs (0.5 kg), BC55T 2.4 lbs (1.1 kg)

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