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Finmeccanica-Selex ES BriteCloud decoy successfully deployed from Saab Gripen aircraft

Rome, Italy - The trials confirm safe and effective release of the EAD and its compatibility with the airplane electronic warfare countermeasures

Finmeccanica-Selex ES and defence and security company Saab have recently demonstrated the successful deployment of the BriteCloud expendable active decoy (EAD) from a Gripen fighter airplane. Three flights and three releases of the BriteCloud were conducted in Sweden. The tests successfully demonstrated the safe and effective release of the EAD from a standard Gripen countermeasures dispenser. This...

fra/pec - 1167754
Rome, Italy, 04/15/2015 16:37
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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