JERUSALEM — Israel’s aerospace defense giant Israel Aerospace Industries recently unveiled a new multi-mission aircraft system dubbed Ellyon, designed for electronic attack and “advanced Intelligence Surveillance Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) capabilities.”
The system, unveiled as defense officials and industry gather at the Farnborough Airshow outside London, features “full-spectrum frequency jamming and coverage, advanced intelligence gathering capabilities, SIGINT, long-range SAR/GMTI radar, electro-optical sensing, and wide-band satellite communications (SATCOM) into a unified ‘all-in-one’ airborne platform,” IAI noted.
The platform “represents a technological leap forward, combining stand-off operations with the ability to sense, understand and shape the electromagnetic battlespace,” Dror Bar, CEO of IAI subsidiary Elta Systems and executive vice president at IAI, said in a company release.
In a flashy video online, the multi-mission aircraft system was shown on a modified Bombardier Global 6500, which the company said has the “speed, altitude, range and short turnaround to fully exploit the aircraft’s array of sensors and effectors.” But the company said the system is “platform-agnostic” and can be integrated on other business jet platforms.
