30 Sep 2002
Flight trials of the Typhoon's Defensive Aids Sub-System (DASS) have shown that the system is delivering performance that meets or exceeds expectations. Recent trials, covering the air-to-air and air-to-ground operation of the Electronic Support Measures (ESM) and Electronic Countermeasures (ECM), have been conducted on a Typhoon operating from the BAE Systems facility at Warton in north west England.
This series of flight trials has been aimed at data collection, to optimise the performance of the final production-standard equipment.
Results have confirmed that the ESM and ECM are delivering impressive performance, and in particular have demonstrated:
- Excellent ESM parametric measurement
- Accurate jamming of selected threats
- Validation of the wing tip pod cooling system
- High levels of equipment reliability
The data collection programme is planned to continue until late this year, with flight trials of the final production-standard equipment beginning in 2003.
DASS - the Defensive Aids Sub-System for Typhoon - is a fully integrated Electronic Warfare (EW) suite with a Radar Warning Receiver (RWR), RF Jammer, radar decoys, active missile approach warner, laser warner and chaff/flare dispenser. All are controlled through the Defensive Aids Computer.
The principal DASS equipments are supplied by the EURODASS Consortium, which comprises BAE Systems Avionics, Elettronica, INDRA and EADS (Germany).
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