Roke unveils soldier-portable EW system
Roke's new portable electronic warfare system called EM-Vis Deceive. (Roke)
Roke Manor Research, a subsidiary of Chemring Group, has showcased a backpack-carriable electronic warfare (EW) system called EM-Vis (Electron Warfare Visualisation) Deceive, designed to help troops detect, track, and disrupt signals from enemy communications systems and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the company announced on 7 May.
Light enough for a single soldier to carry, EM-Vis Deceive uses swap-in/swap-out software-defined radio (SDR) modules to engage different EW threats. While the standard modules supplied with the system cover effects in the 20 MHz to 6 GHz range, others can be swapped in should adversary systems switch to other frequencies.
Software updates can be pushed through as needed, and the system has a modular, open standards design to try and improve interoperability and communication with other systems, said Roke.
The technology can be programmed against any UAV “as long as the communications link you are seeking to jam falls within the frequency range of the attached side modules”, John Bottomley, senior engineer – EW capability development group at Roke, told Janes .
Remotely controllable through laptop, the EM-Vis Deceive is intended for operation by both EW specialist and non-specialist troops. It is capable of receiving and tracking frequency-hopping threats on the spectrum and of responses from simple power on channel to complex protocol-based effects, added Bottomley.
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