The requirements fit the description of BriteCloud 218, a smaller variant of the 55 mm cylindrical BriteCloud round which can fit the 2"x1"x8" US-made chaff/flare dispensers, like the standard AN ...

NAVAIR confirmed the sole-source USD32.9 million contract on 5 December 2024. BriteCloud 218 has received the US designation AN/ALQ-260(V). Dispensed from standard chaff/flare magazines, ...

The US Air National Guard in 2023 issued a so-called fielding recommendation for the BriteCloud 218, following an extensive foreign comparative test effort of the system from its F-16s.

The Navy would buy the BriteCloud 218 version that the U.S. Air National Guard has tested. Leonardo in January disclosed it had introduced upgrades to another version of BriteCloud, ...

According to Leonardo, the BriteCloud 55-T EAD is now fully compatible with the Smart Stores Communication Interface (SSCI) incorporated as part of STANAG-4781 to enable in-flight communication ...

In 2022, the U.S. Air Force’s Seek Eagle Office approved Leonardo’s BriteCloud 218 Expendable Active Decoy to be flown on Air National Guard F-16C Block 30 aircraft as part of the Defense ...