Lacroix reveals VESTA active off board decoy study

摘要

French countermeasures and pyrotechnics group Lacroix has revealed a package of studies and associated risk reduction work aimed at demonstrating the feasibility of an active offboard decoy deployed using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The year-long concept development effort, known as Vehicule Ejecte Support Tactique d'Autoprotection (VESTA), is being funded under a call released by France's Agence Innovation Defense. The accelerator project, being undertaken in partnership with specialist UAV house Aviation Design, is intended to establish the feasibility of reactive soft-kill anti-ship missile defence decoy that employs a manoeuvring multirotor UAV to deploy a jammer payload.