Watching your back
For aircraft operating in sophisticated, diverse, and dense threat environments, self-protection is crucial. With Saab’s fully Integrated Defence Aids Suite (IDAS) – a proven end-to-end, multi-spectral EW self-protection suite for rotary and fixed-wing platforms – you can take advantage of immediate and automatic countermeasure dispensing as well as instant warning and threat awareness to the crew. This is essential since survival depends on doctrine-tactics in combination with countermeasures.
In short, with IDAS watching your back, you are well prepared for the most challenging missions, in the most demanding threat environments.
Fly and forget
When flying in hostile airspace it is vital that the crew, despite the risk of being attacked, can pay full attention to the mission. With IDAS on board they can trust the system to automatically detect and effectively counter different types of threats while allowing them to concentrate on the tasks at hand.
Direction fast-forward
When investing in a modern self-protection capability, one expects a system that will keep up with technology and increasingly challenging threat scenarios. Through continuous improvements we make sure your self-protection system will not only keep up with the challenges, but also stay ahead.
Self-protection in a more compact suite
Saab’s self-protection suite can also be provided in a more compact version with electro-optical sensors and a smaller controller. This configuration does not feature the RWR functionality but is identical to IDAS in all other aspects. This solution is ideal for aircraft that does not require a RWR capability.
Less is more
Adding and integrating new equipment into an aircraft is always associated with challenges. IDAS provides any number of sensor suite combinations and has been integrated with a range of third-party sensors and sub-systems, such as Directional Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) and Infrared Missile Approach Warning systems (IR-MAW).
With a low box count and a variety of standard aircraft interfaces, IDAS is easily integrated on any aircraft type in user selectable configurations.
In other words, a complete, space saving system, a single point of entry, less risks, and more functionality.
IDAS in numbers
The IDAS system is installed on an aircraft in a way that allows the sensors to detect radar (2.0GHz – 18GHz or 0.5GHz – 40GHz), missile and laser threats from any position relative to the aircraft. The system reacts either automatically, semi-automatically or in back-up/manual modes, depending on crew selection.
The countermeasures responses are fully user-programmable via software tools and training provided by Saab.
IDAS provides radar warning functionality in two optional frequency ranges between 0.5GHz and 40 GHz. A missile warning sub-system provides ultra-violet based missile launch detection with angle of arrival accuracy sufficient for smart countermeasures dispensing as well as DIRCM cueing.
IDAS integrates laser warning sensors with the ability to detect four types of laser threats , Laser Rangefinder, Laser Beamrider, Laser Designator & Dazzlers)
At your side all the way
At Saab, support is an integral part of our system delivery and the basis for making your systems mission ready and ensuring operational excellence. Our experts have solid experience in tailoring support services and finding smart ways to provide support for every stage of the system’s lifecycle.
Our offer includes operational and intermediate level support options as well as a full range of training options to give users full control of threat libraries and data.
Your partner in airborne self-protection
Being a complete, fully integrated end-to-end solution, IDAS has everything you need to protect your airborne platforms. Its advanced threat libraries together with effective support tools and training paves the way for you to establish, control and secure a sovereign capability within airborne self-protection.
With Saab as your partner, your self-protection capability will constantly be moving forward.
