DSEI 2021: BriteCloud set to begin flight trials with US F-16s

Leonardo’s BriteCloud 218 expendable active decoy is quickly progressing towards flight trials with Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Fighting Falcons assigned to the US Air National Guard (ANG). The upcoming flight trials are set to start using instrumented inert rounds later this year, with live-fire exercises set to take place in early 2022. The flight test campaign will mark the final stages of the US Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) programme for the BriteCloud system. The results of which