Win the invisible war: Control the electronic battlefield with next-generation EW technology
[Sponsored] Today’s battlefield is fraught with complex threats like drones and missiles. IAI ELTA’s Scorpius technology offers unmatched detection and jamming, ensuring electromagnetic superiority.
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The modern battlefield exposes forces to a rapidly evolving threat scenario, with deadly threats increasing in number and in complexity. Large volumes of inexpensive suicide drones dive in on unsuspecting targets, and modified commercial drones drop mortar bombs or grenades on them. More advanced Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) stealthily deliver precision munitions, while high-end long-range missiles from the air, ground and sea hit their targets with pinpoint accuracy. The threat is increased when forces are detected and tracked by the enemy using advanced imaging SAR radars, which are effective in all lighting and weather conditions, and are deployed on high-altitude aircraft from standoff ranges.
However, these threats bear an inherent vulnerability: their operation is dependent on the electromagnetic spectrum. Guided weapons require wideband datalinks to allow their operators to close the firing loop. Systems with GNSS navigation require satellite signals to find their way to the target. SAR radars use electromagnetic radiation to sense the environment and generate targets. In order to exploit this vulnerability, modern forces deploy Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Electronic Warfare (EW) assets to detect and identity threats, and to actively deny their operation.
Recent conflicts have demonstrated the importance of EW as a crucial arena that surrounds the physical battlefield and carries a critical impact on operational outcomes. Forces in the Eastern European conflict, and elsewhere, are investing heavily in EW assets, especially at the tactical and regional levels. No battle zone is left without EW support, at risk of leaving troops without crucial alerts and protection.
Responding to the challenge of the electronic battlefield, IAI, through its systems and sensors subsidiary – ELTA Systems Ltd. (IAI ELTA) – has leveraged its decades-long heritage in SIGINT and EW to provide a mobile EW suite that enables maneuvering forces to win the battle for superiority in the electromagnetic domain.
At the heart of the EW suite is the revolutionary Scorpius technology of Staring Multibeam AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array). With its multibeam capability, Scorpius can simultaneously detect and jam multiple targets across the surrounding ground and sky – at greatly increased range and jamming power, as compared to legacy EW systems. Scorpius technology is applicable to all domains of air, land, and sea, providing effective EW defense and attack. In the Aegean arena, in particular, Scorpius systems can provide an arena-wide EW umbrella supporting critical national defense objectives.
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In the land domain, Scorpius is complemented with a comprehensive squad of EW sensors and effectors, all mounted on rugged vehicles, to form a mobile EW suite. The suite provides highly sensitive detection, analysis, classification, and digital jamming techniques in order to counter the enemy’s communications, radar, navigation, and other activities in the electromagnetic spectrum. A dedicated vehicle within the suite provides long-range Counter UAS (CUAS) defense. Mounted on highly mobile vehicles, the suite can be rapidly deployed even in tough terrain. Alternatively, the vehicles can be airlifted for rapid response to emerging threats.
The suite’s operation is managed by a Command and Control vehicle, allowing for optimized planning and execution of a complex EW mission with multiple assets working in concert. Using advanced Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) techniques in all stages of operation, the suite automatically monitors hundreds of target networks and emitters, forms a situational awareness picture and Electronic Order of Battle, and provides extended analysis capabilities such as voice and signal pattern recognition as well as anomaly detection.
Finally, the EW suite can be connected to centralized headquarters, providing electronic awareness, data sharing, and coordinated EW collection and attack operations at the national level.
Come meet our SIGINT & EW experts at AOC Europe 2025 – Booth C05 or contact us at market@elta.co.il
