Evaluation of the Complex Electronic Warfare Self-Protection System of Military Helicopters

Abstract

The need for military helicopters to pre-design and possibly use electronic warfare systems in a self-protection or narrower sense and to make battlefield information available during the deployment of helicopters is growing. Many companies make self-protection systems, but these often only partially provide complete and comprehensive solutions, making them difficult to compare. Presumably, several countries’ army and manufacturing and development companies have already developed a framework for analysing and evaluating military helicopter electronic warfare self-protection systems so that they can be compared and ranked mainly on a military, technical or financial and economic basis, mainly quantitatively. In addition, the main areas of development have been identified, which are: complexity, automatic, fast data transfer, wide-range detection and response, and specific recommendations for any type of helicopter, depending on the application. Therefore, self-protection systems for military helicopters will be able to be designed according to a certain level of capability or risk. In this paper, the author intends to present a possible evaluation process for electronic warfare self-protection systems in military helicopters.