What will Leonardo do with the British Defense for military aircraft
All of Leonardo's latest projects in the UK.
Leonardo's presence in the United Kingdom is strengthened.
Yesterday Leonardo announced a new strategic partnership with the UK Ministry of Defense that will lead to the further development of the protective equipment of British military aircraft.
Under the agreement , Leonardo will work with other suppliers to bring together the best technology in the industry and provide an integrated, cost-effective and potentially exportable solution.
At the heart of the system is Leonardo's Modular Advanced Platform Protection System (Mapps), which uses the NATO Defensive Aids System (Ndas) standard. Leonardo already provides electronic protection to many UK Armed Forces aircraft from the Edinburgh and Luton sites, which employ thousands of highly qualified experts.
Also yesterday, our country joined the United Kingdom in the development of the new generation radar. The ECRS Mk2, designed and built by Leonardo to be integrated into Eurofighter Typhoons by Bae Systems, will be the most advanced reconfigurable radar system in the world ever built for a combat aircraft.
Last year Bae Systems and Leonardo won a contract worth 317 million pounds . This is the first initiative in view of Italy's full participation in the ECRS Mk2 program.
All the details on the latest “English” moves of the former Finmeccanica.
THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RAF, DE&S AND SDTL
Leonardo has signed a strategic partnership agreement (Strategic Partnering Arrangement – SPA) with the Royal Air Force, the Defense Equipment & Support (DE&S) and the Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).
The company will work with the UK Ministry of Defense, DSTL researchers and other UK industries to further develop integrated platform-level protection systems for UK aircraft.
"This new agreement will see our partnership with the Ministry of Defense and industry expand to ensure that our military continue to be among the best protected in the world and will ensure economic opportunity for the UK, creating internationally exportable capabilities," he said. declared Norman Bone, president and ceo of Leonardo Uk.
WHAT LEONARDO DOES FOR THE PROTECTION OF UK MILITARY AIRCRAFT
Leonardo is the supplier of the United Kingdom's Defense Integrated Air Platform Protection (App) capabilities.
The company led by Alessandro Profumo in fact already supplies this equipment for many aircraft of the British Armed Forces from its research and production sites in Edinburgh and Luton, including those for the Raf Typhoons, for the Shadow R2 surveillance aircraft, for the E alert. -7 Wedgetail and most rotorcraft fleets, including AW159 Wildcat, AW101 Merlin and Apache AH-64E helicopters.
Leonardo will also work with other British companies, bringing together advanced technologies to develop common App systems suitable for the various fleets in the United Kingdom.
COLLABORATION WITH THE BRITISH DEFENSE
To boost the British economy, the Defense will support Leonardo in promoting these capabilities to those partner countries that share similar requirements.
The new agreement is the second of its kind between Leonardo and the British Ministry of Defense. In July 2016, the Piazza Monte Grappa company had signed a ten-year collaboration for the development of the requirements of the future rotary wing platform and related export opportunities.
LEONARDO'S MAPPS SYSTEM
The UK's Air Platform Protection will incorporate equipment capable of detecting, identifying and defeating threats. Luton's Leonardo electronic warfare experts will integrate the system, which will be controlled by a computer called Mapps, capable of independently assessing threats and automatically launching life-saving countermeasures.
Specific countermeasures will include Leonardo's Miysis Directional InfraRed CounterMeasures (Dricm), which uses high-powered laser beams to protect aircraft from heat-seeking missiles, and the BriteCloud decoy, which employs advanced jamming against radio-guided threats.
Depending on the aircraft, the MAPPS may have advanced radar alert capabilities and electronic surveillance measures. Leonardo will also draw on technologies from other UK companies for capabilities in the sectors in which they are leaders.
ITALY TO DEVELOP THE TYPHOON AESA CAPTOR-E Mk2 RADAR
Finally, yesterday the former Finmeccanica announced that Italy will join the United Kingdom in the development of the new “European Common Radar System Mark 2” (ECRS Mk2) for the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft.
The ECRS Mk2 radar, currently being designed and built by Leonardo to be integrated by BAE Systems on Eurofighter Typhoon fighters, will be at the forefront of advanced combat radar technologies.
COLLABORATION STARTED IN AUTUMN
The first step of this collaboration, which will be launched in the autumn, will see a team of engineers from the Leonardo site in Nerviano (Milan) join the team working on the development of the MK2 at the company's site in Edinburgh.
This is the first initiative in view of Italy's full participation in the ECRS Mk2 program. The formation of the so-called “Industrial Joint Team” (IJT) follows the adoption of the 'Statement of Principles' (SoP) document by the Italian and UK Ministries of Defense.
UNDER THE CONTRACT WITH THE UK MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
In September last, the British MoD awarded a £ 317 million contract to develop the European Common Radar System Mark 2 (ECRS Mk2) electronic scanning radar (Aesa), a standard ready to be integrated into RAF Typhoons.
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ECRS Mk2 RADAR
The system incorporates a multi-functional antenna that offers the fighter unprecedented reprogrammable electronic protection capability, including broadband for electronic attachment, in addition to traditional functions. This translates into the ability to intercept and blind enemy radars, increasing the effectiveness of the Eurofighter Typhoon, as well as other systems.
WHAT BAE SYSTEMS AND LEONARDO WILL DO
Bae Systems, prime contractor for the British Typhoons, will integrate the new sensor which will be developed by Leonardo UK (Luton).
The first hardware component will be delivered to BAE System – Warton in 2022 for integration into the aircraft and flight tests.
PARTNER IN THE TEMPEST TEAM
Finally, we recall that Bae Systems and Leonardo UK are also partners in the Tempest program for an air combat system of the future of British initiative in which Italy and Sweden also participate.
In the UK, the industries Bae Systems, Rolls Royce, Leonardo UK and Mbda UK participate in the project; in the Italian field, Leonardo, Mbda Italia, Elettronica and Avio Aero; in the Swedish field, Saab and GKN Aerospace Sweden.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/cosa-fara-leonardo-con-la-difesa-britannica-per-i-velivoli-militari/ on Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:40:13 +0000.