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Intruder Detection
HENSOLDT’s introduces Kalaetron Attack to provide electronic shield for air forces
Sensor solution provider HENSOLDT has developed a modular airborne electronic combat system: Kalaetron Attack. By neutralising enemy fire control radars at different distances, it preserves freedom of movement for the air forces that deploy it and their allies, even when faced with stateof-the-art air defence systems. Kalaetron Attack is a new addition to the Kalaetron electronic warfare product family, which uses fully digitalised hardware and artificial intelligence to detect radar-based threats to air forces in record time and neutralise them with targeted electronic countermeasures (ECM).
Kalætron Attack detects and identifies air defence positions very quickly over a wide frequency range” Due to its fully digital design, Kalætron Attack detects and identifies air defence positions very quickly over a wide frequency range. The unit uses artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to recognise new threat patterns from a huge amount of collected pulses. This is especially important for identifying the latest air defence radar systems which cover an extremely wide frequency range or hop between particular
antenna designs with active electronically scanned array (AESA) technology, fully digital signal processing and AI algorithms. The Kalaetron product family thus forms the basis for enabling fighter aircraft to not only take on an electronic combat role (ECR) and perform escort jamming for aircraft units, but also to protect them from a great distance away through standoff jamming.
Experience from recent conflicts has shown that such equipment designed to counter the threat posed by the latest air defence systems will be essential for aircraft deployed in the future. “Our Kalaetron Integral With ‘Kalaetron Attack’, uses the latest sensor HENSOLDT, as the German Sensor House, would like to “Our Kalaetron Integral uses technology to detect provide a national answer the latest sensor to the luWES programme radar-based threats early on,” technology to detect (luWES = luftgestützte radar-based threats early frequencies in fractions of a Wirkung im on,” explained Celia Pelaz, second. elektromagnetischen Head of HENSOLDT’s Spectrum Spektrum) and contribute Dominance & Airborne substantially to future Solutions Division. Electronic combat role European defence cooperation programmes Kalaetron Attack can be Active electronic jamming such as FCAS. flexibly adjusted to changing component threats using innovative
www.safetyandsecurityafrica.com | Jul-Sept 2020
