Elettronica is developing a wing-mounted system to protect aircraft against radar-guided missiles that the company says could spell the end of towed decoys. If it proves sufficiently capable at decoying missiles, the wingtip-mounted Cross-Eye system would remove the maneuvering limitations of a towed decoy. Eliminating the need to replace all towed decoys deployed on a mission would produce significant life-cycle savings.
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