Leonardo wants to fit BriteCloud on Eurofighter, F-15 and F-16

Italian defense firm Leonardo is working on transforming its cylindrical BriteCloud missile decoy into a square format so that it can fit on the American ALE-47 chaff and flare dispenser.

BriteCloud
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The company is hoping to boost sales of the decoy by having it deploy from F-15s and F-16s that use the ALE-47. Jon McCullagh, head of combat air sales for electronic warfare at the Leonardo Airborne and Space Systems Division, disclosed that the firm has also approached the Eurofighter consortium for the BriteCloud to completed the jet’s existing towed decoy.