31 August 2020: Technology in defence is evolving with every passing minute. Every nation has a fierce urge to protect their borders leading to mounting demands and rising supply for the defence markets. Fighter aircraft with advanced cockpits and latest radar to locate exact enemy target, hi-range missile systems etc. have become every nation’s basic defence requirement. As a latest advancement to these Saab has developed their latest decoy missile system, ‘The Lightweight Air-launched Decoy Missile’. Apart from this they have also developed the new Electronic Attack Jammer Pod to protect the pilots from enemy radars and missiles. Saab will be offering the advanced Gripen’s E/F Electronic Warfare systems to Finland with both the above mentioned technologies. The flight testing for both the decoy missile and the Jammer Pod started in 2019.
The new decoy missile will be a highly capable stand-in jammer for the most demanding missions. It will act as a force multiplier as it reduces the number of missiles and aircraft required to complete a mission. The decoy missile can jam or create false targets for acquisition, tracking, fire control and airborne radars.
“Our offering to Finland, combining Gripen E/F and GlobalEye as force multipliers, will protect Finland’s people and borders, by delivering both comprehensive situational awareness and a true deterrence effect. The decoy missile, that we present today, will constitute a strong addition to Gripen E/F’s built-in electronic attack capabilities. The payload of the new decoy missile is to a large extent developed in Finland and this will strengthen our offer to Finland even further,” said Jonas Hjelm, Senior Vice President and Head of Saab Business Area Aeronautics.
Saab’s partnership with Aalto University with 10 on-going research projects on advanced sensors and AI along with the new decoy missile launch points towards Saab’s plans of expansion of its Technology Centre in Tampere with more highly skilled employees.
