On-Aircraft Test Systems and Antenna Coupler Sets

For Eurofighter Combat Aircraft

On the factory production line, at depot or on the flightline, Leonardo DRS has Eurofighter operational and functional test requirements covered with our on-aircraft test systems and antenna coupler sets (ACSs). Our ACSs enhance testing by:

• Isolating the electronic warfare (EW) or avionics system from environmental and spurious radio frequency (RF) signals
• Eliminating the guess work of hand-held test fixtures
• Increasing system testing repeatability

The MIL-PRF-28800-compliant ACSs provide an interface for end-to-end RF testing of EW and avionics assets at the organizational level (O-Level). Test Set hardware is designed to provide a highly accurate, repeatable and maintainable on-aircraft RF testing capability that can be used with appropriate RF sources or test sets.

Designed for easy and secure installation, Eurofighter ACSs use electronmagnetic interference-shielded housings that conform to the shape of the aircraft system antenna radomes to provide the human safety factors needed for high-power RF testing. The ACS housings provide total system isolation from extraneous RF and environmental signals, creating a secure testing environment for simulating real-world threats without compromise of sensitive emitter identification data.