SAGE ESM entered service with Indonesian CN-235 MPA

Leonardo-Finmeccanica’s SAGE Electronic Support Measures (ESM) system has now entered service on the Indonesian Air Force’s first modified CN-235 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), the Italian company said in a press release.

TNI-AU Airtech CN-235 MPA Persuader Pichugin
By Dmitriy Pichugin [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

SAGE can identify the location of Radio Frequency (RF) emitters such as surface-to-air missile fire-control radars from a single aircraft.