BAE Systems unveils Shadow EW on commercial chips for combat drones

BAE Systems announced the Shadow EW family of electronic warfare systems for small crewed and uncrewed platforms. The architecture uses commercial chips and open standards, supports post-deployment software updates, and is designed for mass production.

• Systems support threat detection, targeting, deception and survivability
• Commercial chips simplify supply chain and scaling
• Software updates after deployment address changing threats
• Range, frequencies and power consumption not disclosed