Under development by Leach Systems, Inc. the decoy jammer is the ultimate expression of the EW platform.
Coming ratings E-A and class 1-5 the ew platform is capable of programming a suite of limpets (as much as 5 per deployment for a class 5) with the transponder codes and signature of a ship. While still vulnerable to line of sight and direct scanning penetration, the limpets can operate for up to 15 seconds sufficient to dupe any active sensors within range.
When deployed, target lock is lost and must be reacquired manually and direct scanning or human operator intervention is required for any spoofed sensor to distinguish between the decoys and the targeted ship.
The decoys are highly ineffective if deployed within line-of-sight of a piloted ship as a limpet still looks like a limpet, but when deployed during combat after leaving the field of view of an enemy it often takes a full 15 to 30 seconds for the enemy to re-aquire a target lock on the proper target.
Unfortunately the limpets must be fitted with capicitors in order to carry sufficient energy to simulate the active emissions of a ship. As such the automated loading bay requires a good deal of power to charge the limpet capacitors sufficiently for deployment.
Coming ratings E-A and class 1-5 the ew platform is capable of programming a suite of limpets (as much as 5 per deployment for a class 5) with the transponder codes and signature of a ship. While still vulnerable to line of sight and direct scanning penetration, the limpets can operate for up to 15 seconds sufficient to dupe any active sensors within range.
When deployed, target lock is lost and must be reacquired manually and direct scanning or human operator intervention is required for any spoofed sensor to distinguish between the decoys and the targeted ship.
The decoys are highly ineffective if deployed within line-of-sight of a piloted ship as a limpet still looks like a limpet, but when deployed during combat after leaving the field of view of an enemy it often takes a full 15 to 30 seconds for the enemy to re-aquire a target lock on the proper target.
Unfortunately the limpets must be fitted with capicitors in order to carry sufficient energy to simulate the active emissions of a ship. As such the automated loading bay requires a good deal of power to charge the limpet capacitors sufficiently for deployment.
