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Sept. 3, 2015 / 4:38 PM

Selex ES supplying electronic warfare system for Brazilian helicopters

Selex ES is providing electronic warfare systems for the midlife upgrade of Brazilian Navy helicopters.

A Brazilian Super Lynx Mk21A helicopter prepares to drop a boarding team via fast rope team during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise with the guided missile destroyer USS Cole. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Bookwalter

A Brazilian Super Lynx Mk21A helicopter prepares to drop a boarding team via fast rope team during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise with the guided missile destroyer USS Cole. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Bookwalter

ROME, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Eight Lynx Mk21A helicopters of the Brazilian Navy are to receive electronic warfare systems from Selex ES as part of their midlife upgrade.

Under a contract from AgustaWestland, which is performing the scheduled upgrade, Selex ES will provide its Sage electronic support measure as well as its defensive aid suite controller and a third-party counter-measure dispensing system.

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The award to Selex ES carries a value of more than $160 million.

The Sage system is for RF intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. It will give the Brazilian helicopters a wideband radar warning capability for protection by alerting the DAS, which in turn cues counter-measures to be used.

Sage also provides a narrowband, fine angle of arrival and geo-location capability that is primarily used for surveillance and intelligence purposes.

Selex ES has in the past provided the Sage system for helicopters of South Korea, Indonesia and Britain.

A delivery schedule for the systems was not disclosed.

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