DVD2013: Cassidian demos Vehicle Protection Jammer
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Integrated into a light vehicle – to be seen here a 'Wolf'-class car – Cassidian's multifunctional jammer can explore the electromagnetic spectrum and at the same time counter attacks with radio-controlled roadside bombs.
Courtesy Cassidian
The innovative Vehicle Protection Jammer – thought to be the first of its kind in the world – is so advanced that it can rapidly alert military personnel to the presence of a road side bomb.
The Cassidian Vehicle Protection Jammer ultra-fast Smart Responsive Jamming Technology to enhance the protection level substantially. It detects and classifies radio signals intended to ignite a roadside bomb. Then, it responds and transmits in real-time jamming signals tailored exactly to the hostile frequency band.
The device capitalises on new digital receiver and signal processing technologies to achieve reaction times of well below a microsecond.
This avoids the huge diverging loss of output power inherent in earlier-generation barrage jammers and concentrates the jamming energy on currently active threats only.
The Vehicle Protection Jammer core equipment is platform-independently certified including the protection of operators and maintenance personnel. It can easily be built into even small vehicles and therefore is ideally suited to replace vintage equipment.
It is on show this week at the DVD Exhibition in Millbrook, Bedfordshire, UK. Members of the armed forces from across the world have been visiting the exhibition to sample the innovative technology and equipment that is being developed by companies including Cassidian.
