BAE Unveils Cheap, Compact Electronic Warfare Systems

BAE Unveils Cheap, Compact Electronic Warfare Systems

BAE Systems is building a new slate of compact electronic warfare tools for small airborne platforms that could coordinate with fighters, work with helicopters, or augment legacy aircraft with outdated, hard-to-update EW suites. The post BAE Unveils Cheap, Compact Electronic Warfare Systems for Small Platforms appeared first on Air & Space Forces Magazine.

BAE unveils Shadow EW, compact solutions for small aerial platforms

The company says the family of small solutions can be produced in high quantities at low cost.

Shadow electronic warfare runs on commercial chips to shield drones

Shadow EW uses commercial microchips, open architecture, and software updates to bring adaptable EW capabilities to small aircraft.

BAE Systems launches Shadow EW for small aircraft, offering low-cost electronic warfare at scale with rapid software upgrades for U.S. forces

Shadow EW is intended to give smaller aircraft situational awareness and self-defense capabilities in contested environments.