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2016-12-04
Middle East military braces up for Electronic Warfare
Italy-based Elettronica introduces four innovative projects to the Middle East
Elettronica (ELT), an Italian company headquartered in Rome, provides state of the art of security and intelligence capabilities to the Middle East.
With a presence in Germany, UAE, USA, India and Singapore, Electronica has over 60 years of experience and engineering excellence in the EW (Electronic Warfare) domain.
Its technical solutions cover the whole spectrum of EW sensors and technologies, from core solutions in the radar ban, such as signal intelligence, electronic support and electronic attack thanks to compact, integrated systems and networks, to new developments in the infra-red (IR) and communication bands.
Electronica is considered as one of the most important European players in the homeland security field providing unique solutions for law enforcement, land security and monitoring operations. It delivers successful security solutions to governmental, military, intelligence and law enforcement agencies in Germany, Europe and Middle Eastern countries.
Eurofighter project
Set up through a European multinational agreement, the EF 2000 project involves the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Spain in the production of a multi-role, highly maneuverable aircraft designed as a fighter system with very advanced performances.
Three aerospace companies are involved in the development of the aircraft, namely Alenia Aeronautica (Italy), EADS (Germany/Spain) and Selex Galileo (United Kingdom).
The “Typhoon” Eurofighter came into service early in 2003. The production envisaged for these countries is 620 aircraft: 232 for the United Kingdom, 180 for Germany, 121 for Italy and 87 for Spain.
Currently, orders have already been placed for the first 384 aircraft for the four countries. Joined by exports, the orders also include 18 aircraft exported to Austria while 72 are being in the final negotiation stage with a Middle East country.
Mirage
The programme began in 1999 to respond to a request by a Middle Eastern country for extensive modernisation and expansion of its fleet of Mirage aircraft produced by Dassault Aviation.
The new configuration of the Dassault Mirage 2000 interceptor aircraft, now named Mirage 2000-9, includes the almost total replacement of the EW component with a new suite presenting extremely advanced characteristics that place it in the forefront as regards operative performances for apparatus installed in combat platforms.
The system configuration covered by the contract named IMEWS (Integrated Multimission Electronic Warfare System) comprises several sub-systems, all significantly integrated and cooperative between each other and with the M-2000 platform. It can operate in very intense and multi-threat situations.
The individual apparatus making up the suite includes: RWR, ESM, an ECM complex operating under high band and low band, a sophisticated central unit integrating the various apparatus that also manages electro-magnetic compatibility.
The functions provided to the pilot, based on the integration and cooperation of different components, in as much offer superior performances to those offered by individual apparatus. These functions include:
• Radar Warning, for rapid identification, classification and presentation of threats
• ESM with a digital receiver for complete tactical situation awareness, including fast geographical location of the broadcasters
• Elint for acquisition of tactical or strategic data
• ECM, equipped with digital radio frequency memories, for coherent and effective contrast of modern threats.
All apparatus use harmonized libraries which are validated by a specific ground control centre, ensuring analysis of data recorded on-board. The IMEWS suite has undergone extensive tests with the aircraft manufacturer and the final client - the latter involved test flights in real operating conditions with numerous combat aircraft and surface threat units.
ELT was involved in the programme from the outset, having won - in cooperation with Thales - the contract for the modernisation of the 30 Mirage jets already in the Middle East and for the supply of 33 other RF-EW Suites for the new aircraft supplied by Dassault.
ELT is Prime-Contractor for the programme, while technical-programming coordination is managed by Thales.
Baynunah programme
The Baynunah programme was launched in 2004 and is the main naval programme involving the GCC countries.
The programme envisages the production of 6 new-generation Multi-Purpose Missile Corvettes as the mainstay of the extensive process of renewal and upgrading of the navy.
Over and above its military importance, the programme also has strategic relevance from an industrial point of view as a demonstration of the production capacity acquired in naval spheres by local companies.
The entire programme was entrusted to Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), the most important shipyards in the United Arab Emirates, with the role as prime contractor.
The programme in overall terms has a broad international scope since it involves the main European defence industries and, to a lesser extent, those in North America (USA and Canada).
Designed as Multi-Purpose vessels, the Baynunah corvettes combine compact dimensions, agility and extremely impressive equipment comparable to ships of a higher class.
Thanks to such impressive versatility, the Baynunah can cover operative roles from coastal surveillance and patrols, to escort of High-Value Targets and even interdiction and anti-surface warfare operations.
As regards counter-action, the Baynunah are fitted with ESM/ELINT SEAL supplied by Elettronica S.p.A., a NLWS310 laser warning system by Saab Avitronics and a COMINT supplied by DRS. Active counter-measures are entrusted to a DLS MASS supplied by Rheinmetall Waffe Munition.
Elettronica S.p.A. has been involved in the programme from the outset, after being awarded the supply of the main system within the scope of SEAL counter-measures, the latest-generation ESM / ELINT system.
SEAL is an integrated system comprising two sub-systems capable of independent operations: a latest-generation Panoramico Receiver and a Superhet Receiver with Digital Receiver. Cooperation between the two sub-systems means that SEAL offers excellent performances at the top of the market.
REFIT programme
The programme lies within the scope of the general process of modernisation and upgrading of the navy of a Middle East country, which has already started and peaks with the Baynunah programme.
ELT involvement in the REFIT programme is ideally an extension of the Baynunah programme. However, it is governed by a direct contract for the supply of 4 SEAL systems and the supply of support and services integrating the two programmes.
The main elements of the programme are:
• “Turnkey” supply of the SEAL systems, which implies a significant extension of the role of ELT recognised by the navy, from supplier to system integrator.
• Applications of the SEAL systems particularly include:
• 4 SEAL systems will be used in naval applications with patrol boats (FPB44) and missile corvettes (CM65) already owned by the Navy in replacement of the ESM systems currently installed.
• 2 SEAL systems will be installed in specific Shelters supplied by ELT that can also operate in a completely autonomous mode, on the ground or on-board ships capable of such installations.
The SEAL integrated system consists of two subsystems that can operate as independent equipments: a Panoramic Receiver of the latest generation and a Superhet Receiver incorporating a 4GHz instantaneous band digital receiver.
The close cooperation of both subsystems endows the SEAL system with excellent top-of-the-market performances.
Moreover, the SEAL system has been designed to ensure top level reliability and maintainability, meeting the most advanced requirements in terms of graceful degradation and fault tolerance.
Its integration with different combat systems, similarly to the Baynunah Programme, allows the SEAL system to fully exploit its unique features, enabling it to operate as either an integrated system or as a autonomous equipment; in the latter case it still retains full control of the various active countermeasures.
HODHOD
HODHOD is a programme for the modernisation of old ELINT sensors and the supply of new sensors.
During the Gulf War, ELT supplied the Middle East with two ELINT ELT/888 Shelterised Sensors based on the technology of the early 1980s.
At the end of the war, in 1996, ELT won a contract to retrofit the two sensors already supplied, and to supply a further four units. The supply was completed in 2001.
The sensors supplied (and the retrofit of the first two) were equipped with the latest calculation systems available at the time, a Monopulse goniometer and operative frequency extension in the K band.
The features of the Sensors
The HODHOD sensor version is ELT/888(V)2, whose operative task is to acquire, analyse and record data from adversary RADAR systems.
The sensors include a “deinterleaving” algorithm to ensure reliable automatic analysis of the intercepted broadcasts. The Intrapulse and Interpulse analysis functions (both computer aided) are extremely powerful.
The features of the HODHOD Sensor Network
All sensors are equipped with a data/voice link in two formats:
• Fibre optic used when the sensor operated in the immediate vicinity of an access node
• Microwave with directional antennas (used for point-to-point connections between sensors and/or for connections to the nearest node of the fibre optic network).
The supply also included a remote control centre (RCCC) installed in a Bunker; the fibre optic network ensures remote control of all sensors (by remote operators).
RCCC has a supervisor that receives operative orders from a higher authority and “translates” them into technical tasks that are in turn assigned to the various sensors.
The supervisor has SW tools to generate triangulations, tracking of mobile broadcasts and EOB creation and also has digital maps to display all activities of the network.
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