Cerberus
(Tornado Self Protection Jammer - TSPJ)
An active radar jammer designed to provide group and self-protection for Panavia Tornado aircraft of the German Air Force by jamming the radar of enemy air defenses. The Cerberus III version of the container cancels by noise or pulsed signal in the frequency band 0.1 to 40 GHz with an adaptive mean power of 150 to 300 W.
The asset was developed by a collaboration between German and Israeli arms companies (DASA (Telefunken/AEG) and IAI/Elta). The container is based on the Israeli Elta EL/L-8202 type, which itself is derived from the US AN/ALQ-119 jammer.
Project history:
1972 - Start of studies of a jammer to protect the aircraft under development Tornado.
1978 - Contract signed between the parties for future cooperation
1980-1990 - development and introduction into service of the first generation of containers (Cerberus II and Cerberus III)
1990-2000 - development and introduction into service of the second generation of containers (Cerberus IV / TSPJ)
The Cerberus II interceptors were introduced into the German Air Force's armament in 1982, the Cerberus III version was introduced around 1985. By 1990, 225 Cerberus III jammers had been delivered. The development of the Cerberus II and III jammers was carried out in strict secrecy in order to hide Israeli involvement. When the whole affair became public in the late 1980s, it caused quite a scandal on the German scene.
Trials of the latest version, Cerberus IV, began in 1994. The first three of a total of 60 Cerberus IV / TSPJ containers ordered were delivered in December 1997. Their first user was JaboG 32 in Lechfeld.
Sources
1) Friedman, N.: The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapons Systems 1997-1998, Naval Institute Press, 1997
2) International Electronic Countermeasures Handbook, Artech House, 2004
3) Infodeska Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung Koblenz, 2009
4) www.janes.com
5) www.lietadla.com
(Tornado Self Protection Jammer - TSPJ)
An active radar jammer designed to provide group and self-protection for Panavia Tornado aircraft of the German Air Force by jamming the radar of enemy air defenses. The Cerberus III version of the container cancels by noise or pulsed signal in the frequency band 0.1 to 40 GHz with an adaptive mean power of 150 to 300 W.
The asset was developed by a collaboration between German and Israeli arms companies (DASA (Telefunken/AEG) and IAI/Elta). The container is based on the Israeli Elta EL/L-8202 type, which itself is derived from the US AN/ALQ-119 jammer.
Project history:
1972 - Start of studies of a jammer to protect the aircraft under development Tornado.
1978 - Contract signed between the parties for future cooperation
1980-1990 - development and introduction into service of the first generation of containers (Cerberus II and Cerberus III)
1990-2000 - development and introduction into service of the second generation of containers (Cerberus IV / TSPJ)
The Cerberus II interceptors were introduced into the German Air Force's armament in 1982, the Cerberus III version was introduced around 1985. By 1990, 225 Cerberus III jammers had been delivered. The development of the Cerberus II and III jammers was carried out in strict secrecy in order to hide Israeli involvement. When the whole affair became public in the late 1980s, it caused quite a scandal on the German scene.
Trials of the latest version, Cerberus IV, began in 1994. The first three of a total of 60 Cerberus IV / TSPJ containers ordered were delivered in December 1997. Their first user was JaboG 32 in Lechfeld.
Sources
1) Friedman, N.: The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapons Systems 1997-1998, Naval Institute Press, 1997
2) International Electronic Countermeasures Handbook, Artech House, 2004
3) Infodeska Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung Koblenz, 2009
4) www.janes.com
5) www.lietadla.com
