Saturn Electronic Protection Measure (Hansard, 1 February 2001)

HC Deb 01 February 2001 vol 362 c262W 262W

§ Mr. Hancock
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the new advanced electronic countermeasures Saturn System will be in service; what the service life of the system is; if it is compatible with all the NATO nations aircraft; and if he will make a statement. [148103]

§ Dr. Moonie
The Saturn Electronic Protection Measure (EPM) is the latest in the EPM generation and is already in service. It was introduced to meet NATO Stanag (Standardisation Agreement) requirements and will be in service for the foreseeable future. It is compatible with other NATO Saturn capable platforms.