Cassidian Introduces Latest In Vehicle Protection Jammers

A new generation of Vehicle Protection Jammer has been developed by Cassidian, the defence and security division of EADS, which will significantly enhance the protection of military vehicles against attacks by Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Devices. Series production started in December 2011, after passing extensive field trials. Vehicle Protection Jammer detects and classifies radio signals intended to ignite a roadside bomb, it then responds and transmits in real-time jamming signals tailored exactly to the hostile frequency band. The jammer uses a new ultra-fast Smart Responsive Jamming Technology to enhance the protection level substantially. Elmar Compans, head of Sensors and Electronic Warfare at Cassidian, said, “Lessons learnt in recent conflicts prove that radio-controlled explosive devices remain one of the major threats in asymmetric scenarios," explained. "Progress in digital technology now gives us the means to counter this threat by far more effectively than hitherto possible. By capitalizing on new digital receiver and signal processing technologies, it takes the VPJ’s reaction time to 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.