https://sputnikglobe.com/20160916/uk-defense-ministry-order-missile-confusing-decoys-1045393756.html
UK Defense Ministry Says Placed $3.2Mln Order for New Missile-Confusing Decoys
UK Defense Ministry Says Placed $3.2Mln Order for New Missile-Confusing Decoys
Sputnik International
The UK Ministry of Defence on Friday said it ordered 2.5 million pounds ($3.2 million) worth of the newly developed BriteCloud anti-missile decoy systems to... 16.09.2016, Sputnik International
2016-09-16T22:17+0000
2016-09-16T22:17+0000
2016-09-16T22:17+0000
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/i/logo/logo-social.png
united kingdom (uk)
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
2016
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
News
en_EN
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
newsfeed, europe, united kingdom (uk), raf (uk), defense ministry
newsfeed, europe, united kingdom (uk), raf (uk), defense ministry
UK Defense Ministry Says Placed $3.2Mln Order for New Missile-Confusing Decoys
The UK Ministry of Defence on Friday said it ordered 2.5 million pounds ($3.2 million) worth of the newly developed BriteCloud anti-missile decoy systems to test their operability.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The UK-designed and produced miniature decoy can be fired from an aircraft’s flare dispenser and uses radar emissions to confuse incoming air-to-air or surface-to-air missiles to the point of allowing the aircraft to escape.
"The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has placed a £2.5 million order for UK-designed and built miniature decoys which will help to protect combat jets from missiles… This new £2.5 million batch order will allow the RAF to explore how BriteCloud could best be deployed operationally," the ministry said in a statement.
16 August 2016, 12:44 GMT
The ministry revealed that it had been working with the Leonardo-Finmeccanica company to develop the BriteCloud system since 2012.
Around 25 million pounds have been invested in the project so far, with the system likely to start operating on the United Kingdom's Panavia Tornado strike aircraft by mid-2017, according to the statement.
In March 2016, Leonardo-Finmeccanica announced in a statement that the Royal Air Force had successfully carried out its initial evaluation of the BriteCloud decoy. The system was tested against a range of simulated 21st century threats featuring real radar systems.
