L3 Harris integrates Corvus on Rheinmetall vehicles as future-proof EW system

L3 Harrisʼ Corvus EW system integrated onto a Rheinmetall 4×4 vehicle at DSEI 2025. (Janes/Tom Barton)

L3 Harris integrated its Corvus electronic warfare (EW) system on a Rheinmetall patrol vehicle during the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2025 exhibition as a demonstration of the potential to include real-time detection and countermeasures against unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), jamming, and electronic attacks on vehicles including Boxer and possibly Challenger 3, the companies told Janes .

In its configuration with Corvus, Rheinmetall called the vehicle the Shadow Wolf. As well as the Corvus system, L3 Harris included its AN/PRC-167 multichannel radio and AN/PRC-160(V) high-frequency/very-high-frequency (HF/VHF) tactical radio on the demonstrator. L3Harrisʼ director of Strategy & Engagement, Intelligence & Cyber International Fred Hargreaves said these radios complemented Corvus by allowing users to operate despite hostile EW with low probability of intercept/low probability of detection (LPI/LPD), adding that “weʼre proving that without radios in Ukraine today”.

There is a road map to integrate the AN/PRC-167 and AN/PRC-160 radios with the British Armyʼs Bowman communications architecture, Hargreaves said. L3 Harris is working with General Dynamics UK (GDUK) on integration with Bowman upgrades, including for GDUKʼs future MESHnet MPPS, designed to address obsolescence concerns with software and associated hardware in BCIP 5.6, 5.7, and beyond.

L3 Harrisʼ general manager of Intelligence and Cyber International Division Ian Menzies said in September 2025 that the system is intended to provide EW capabilities from counter-improvised explosive devices to counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UASs), with electronic surveillance and electronic attack capability. Having that software programmable on the ground allows soldiers to adapt to the mission they are facing, he added.