BriteCloud Expendable Decoy Selected for ANG Testing
Leonardo's active jamming decoy is to be tested on U.S. F-16s and, if successful, could be adopted fleetwide to improve the aircraft's defenses.
BriteCloud was initially designed with a circular cross-section to fit 55mm countermeasures dispensers employed by the Tornado and Typhoon, but in its 218 version is repackaged into a rectangular-section body to fit the U.S.-standard AN/ALE-47 dispenser. (Photo: Leonardo)
BriteCloud was initially designed with a circular cross-section to fit 55mm countermeasures dispensers employed by the Tornado and Typhoon, but in its 218 version is repackaged into a rectangular-section body to fit the U.S.-standard AN/ALE-47 dispenser. (Photo: Leonardo)

The U.S. Department of Defense has selected Leonardo’s BriteCloud active expendable decoy to carry out foreign comparative testing with the U.S. Air National Guard (ANG) under the remit of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, a program that could lead to a U.S. forces-wide adoption of the countermeasures system. 


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