Payloads

Collaborative Combat Aircraft will only be as effective as the capabilities they carry.

Leonardo offers a portfolio of combat-proven, exportable and SWaP-optimised payloads developed from decades of operational experience across air, land and maritime domains.

From advanced sensing to electronic warfare and self-protection, our technologies provide the situational awareness and survivability required to operate in contested environments.

Areas of Expertise

Radar

Radar

Providing long-range detection, tracking and targeting capabilities in compact, scalable packages.

Electronic Warfare

Electronic Warfare

Protecting platforms, disrupting adversaries and enabling freedom of action across the electromagnetic battlespace.

Electro-Optics and Infrared

Electro-Optics and Infrared

Delivering persistent intelligence, surveillance and targeting capability.

Communications

Communications

Connecting aircraft with commanders, crewed platforms and the wider multi-domain force.

Self-Protection

Self-Protection

Helping platforms survive and operate effectively in increasingly sophisticated threat environments.

Contact us to find out more about how we continually evolve our payload portfolio to meet emerging operational requirements, supporting both today's aircraft and future generations of Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

Leonardo is helping shape the future battlespace by delivering the technologies that connect sensing, decision-making and operational effect.

Leonardo's digital solutions provide an open digital architecture for Collaborative Combat Aircraft, capable of integrating sensors, autonomy, communications and decision support into a coherent operational system.


BriteStorm

BriteStorm is a low Size, Weight & Power (SWAP) Stand-in Jammer payload providing battle-winning capabilities which will revolutionise the way operations are conducted against sophisticated air defence systems, leveraging the latest in electronics and digital technologies our armed forces need.

BriteStorm