Edgewing awards first contract to G2E for GCAP fighter sensor and communications systems

A further step towards the sixth generation fighter. Edgewing, the jv between BAE Systems, Leonardo and Japan Aircraft Industrial Enhancement Co. Ltd. has awarded the first contract to G2E (GCAP Electronics Evolution), the consortium dedicated to aircraft sensor and communications solutions.

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G2E brings together the main players in the sector from the partner countries: Mitsubishi Electric for Japan, Leonardo UK for the United Kingdom and, for Italy, Leonardo together with ELT Group. Edgewing is responsible for the design and development of the sixth generation GCAP fighter.

The contract, which is valid for 18 months, has the objective of developing the Integrated Sensing and Non-Kinetic Effects & Integrated Communications Systems (ISANKE & ICS). In particular, this concerns the set of new generation sensors and communications that will represent one of the characteristics of the sixth generation fighter. From the classic model based on single sensors dedicated to air combat, we will move on to a distributed sensing, information fusion, self-protection and electronic attack capability.

The ICS component will enable sensors to operate networked with manned and unmanned platforms, as part of a larger multi-domain system of systems.

The Gcap aircraft was designed from the start to incorporate the ISANKE and ICS systems, which will fuse and integrate massive amounts of data to give pilots the information advantage they need to succeed in the congested airspace of the 21st century.