The decoy will be designated AN/ALQ-260 (V)1 in U.S. Armed Forces service. The U.S. Air National Guard has issued a “fielding recommendation” for Leonardo ’s BriteCloud 218 Expendable Active ...

The 55T version of BriteCloud is optimized for larger, slower-moving aircraft. BriteCloud is available in two versions, with a third variant nearing production.

Leonardo’s US electronics division plans to test the latest variant of its BriteCloud expendable active decoy (EAD), which is designed to equip large fixed-wing military aircraft. Designated ...

BriteCloud is what is known as a “second generation” expendable active decoy, which differs from the first generation decoys, generically called also towed decoys, developed towards the end of ...

Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy aims to enhance the F-35 Lightning II's survivability with BriteCloud decoys to counter radar-guided missiles. The F-35, a stealthy 5th-generation multirole ...

The US is to buy British-made decoy devices to protect Navy F-35 stealth jets from incoming missiles, in a boost to the UK’s defence industry. Around 1,000 to 2,000 of the BriteCloud devices ...

The Royal Air Force (RAF) has begun testing the latest version of the BriteCloud missile decoy on its Typhoon fighter aircraft. At the Typhoon Ministerial Meeting in Germany, British Defence ...

A more compact version of Leonardo's BriteCloud decoy system for fast jets has been launched following trials with Danish F-16 fighter aircraft.

Leonardo has packed more capability into its BriteCloud expendable active decoy, giving it the ability to swap data from the aircraft’s self-protection suite.

As geopolitical tensions in the Asia-Pacific continue to build, Leonardo sees an opportunity to upgrade the region’s more than 500 Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters with its BriteCloud 218 decoy.

Leonardo’s newest generation BriteCloud expendable active decoy is on track for initial deliveries by the end of 2017, having been tested for the first time onboard the Royal Danish Air Force’s ...

The British arm of Finmeccanica said negotiations were underway with the British Ministry of Defence to supply their BriteCloud decoy.