tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post6631318351237171208..comments2024-03-28T04:22:28.228-07:00Comments on Navy Matters: Adaptive Electronic WarfareComNavOpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09669644332369727431noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post-77059711956809072782016-09-27T11:42:54.686-07:002016-09-27T11:42:54.686-07:00You deal with aerial/missile attacks by defending ...You deal with aerial/missile attacks by defending in layers. One of those layers is, or ought to be, electronic warfare. For too long, we've ignored that layer to the point that it is currently ineffectual. The first baby steps are being taken to rectify that in the form of the SEWIP upgrades but there is much more that can be done - this post being one possible example.<br /><br />CIWS is the last layer.ComNavOpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09669644332369727431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post-55176533109524159242016-09-27T11:22:19.797-07:002016-09-27T11:22:19.797-07:00This seems like a no brainer. We have a military, ...This seems like a no brainer. We have a military, particularly a Navy, that is facing ever more dangerous missiles; and doing it with often 70's based EW equipment. <br /><br />I honestly think that being able to use EA as a soft kill against missiles is going to become more and more important. <br /><br />Even if the standards work perfectly there are only so many missiles and the Pk is only so high. If you're going to be sailing into harms way you have to have effective ways of warding off attacks, or making your hard kill techniques more effective, that don't involve SAM's or CIWS. <br /><br />Just IMHOJFWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16095723023404412328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post-31721758855779091402016-09-26T11:17:14.445-07:002016-09-26T11:17:14.445-07:00It could be adapted to just about anything but my ...It could be adapted to just about anything but my sense of it is that it's intended more for the SEAD/Growler type stuff.ComNavOpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09669644332369727431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post-10102137596691448782016-09-26T10:04:28.490-07:002016-09-26T10:04:28.490-07:00Dumb Question:
Would this replace the SLQ-32 and...Dumb Question: <br /><br />Would this replace the SLQ-32 and its follow ons? Or is this more EA stuff like a next gen jammer? JFWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16095723023404412328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post-39319853259322616962016-09-25T16:04:05.003-07:002016-09-25T16:04:05.003-07:00Thanks,
Good informative post,
This is what i come...Thanks,<br />Good informative post,<br />This is what i come here to read.<br />Much appreciated.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052381474961878621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post-27511695432801213192016-09-25T03:02:31.630-07:002016-09-25T03:02:31.630-07:00DARPA have been funding BAE Systems Electronic Sys...DARPA have been funding BAE Systems Electronic Systems segment in Merrimack, N.H.and five sub-contractors for the Adaptive Radar Countermeasures (ARC) program. Using machine learning technology coupled with existing EW systems to learn in real time what adversary radar is doing and then on-the-fly create a new jamming profile.<br /><br />July 2013 NAVAIR awarded a $279 million contract to Raytheon for the development of the NGJ, New Generation Jammer, with AESA array for EW, coms, radar, SIGINT at the same time, with a data library to read the existing threats or targets (so it will not be using adaptive electronic warfare). It will replace the legacy ALQ-99 pod, the original version dating back to the Vietnam war, used on the EA F18 Growler. BAE Systems lost out to Raytheon for NGJ and lodged protest in 2013 which was upheld by the GAO but NAVAIR still went with Raytheon.<br /> <br />The NGJ $1 billion EMD 4 1/2 year phase was authorised by Kendall in April even though GAO had highlighted problems with weight, power and integration with the EA F-18G. There will be three increments to cover low, medium and high bands with IOC 2020/1 for Increment 1 (medium) pod. Total program worth $10 billion plus and Raytheon's suggestion that it could be used by the F-35 as it can cover more bands than the installed AESA X band radar currently used as jammer with BAE Systems hardware/software.<br /> <br /> Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14154573875521240433noreply@blogger.com