BriteCloud is a self-contained expendable digital radio frequency memory (DRFM) jammer developed by Selex ES (merged into Leonardo since 2017) to help protect military aircraft.
Its technology is based on previous generations of electronic countermeasures such as repeaters and Towed Radar Decoys (TRD).
[3][4] The BriteCloud 218 version was first tested on a Royal Danish Air Force F-16, successfully deploying the decoy after a real surface-to-air missile targeting system was used to lock on to the aircraft.
[5] The BriteCloud 218 decoy has now been approved by the US Air National Guard for deployment on its F-16 fleet, after the US Defense Department's Foreign Comparative Testing trials that began in 2019.
The SSCI means BriteCloud can be carried with a mixed load of expendibles and allows automatic logging of payload data e.g. air carriage life.
[11][12] Selex ES announced at the 2013 launch event that defence and security company Saab will be the first partner to offer the new decoy as an optional electronic warfare enhancement for all versions of the JAS 39 Gripen, both new and existing.