Leonardo First to Market with Multi-Domain Electronic Warfare Simulation
Leonardo has introduced Newton, a software product that simulates the latest threats to armed forces and the countermeasures they can take to improve survivability. Newton can be used to accelerate and validate the development of new electronic warfare (EW) technologies, tactics, and techniques. The virtual, physics-based environment allows new technologies to be digitally modeled and virtually tested in a true-to-life environment that replicates the battlefields of today and tomorrow.
Previously, simulations would only cover a single domain; however, modern conflicts are much more likely to involve air, land, naval, and even space forces in the same engagement. This is why the EW experts at Leonardo have assessed and evolved the company’s existing simulation software to bring it up to date. Newton will be continuously updated to ensure it remains in line with the multi-domain requirements of modern armed forces.
Newton is also the first commercial tool on the market to simulate integrated defensive aid suites across the electro-optic (EO), infrared (IR), and radio frequency (RF) sensors and effectors for land, sea, and air forces. Another first-to-market feature is its ability to portray the kind of complex, multi-threat, multi-mode engagements that armed forces will be expected to face in near-peer conflicts. The ability to simulate a modern and congested EW environment makes Newton useful for a wide range of purposes, including the development of operational tactics and electronic countermeasures, validation, support for advanced research and development, and pre-operational mission simulation. Leonardo’s EW software is in use by armed forces, research agencies, OEM, and defence suppliers.
Newton includes Electronic Attack, Electronic Protection, and Electronic Support for Air, Land, and Sea domains. Missile Multi-Mode Navigation, Multi-threat, Countermeasure Management System logic, Geospatial, and 2D/3D visualization are all simulated in a physics-based and congested spectrum environment. Newton scales to hundreds of platforms, sensors, threats, jammers, and countermeasures, all the while maintaining modeling fidelity. Its extensive simulation capabilities are accessed via a modern user-centric UI to provide an intuitive simulation environment. Newton’s modeling includes an array of current, modern, and future threats, sensors, and jammers to provide the maximum protection of personnel and equipment.
