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U.S.
Navy Orders 48 Electronic Warfare Jammers for F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
& F/A-18C/D Hornet
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Harris
Corporation has received an $88 million order to supply electronic jammers
for U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet aircraft. The jammers protect
the Navy jets from sophisticated electronic threats, including modern
integrated air defense systems. The order was received during the third
quarter of Harris’ fiscal 2016. |
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An F/A-18F Super Hornet from U.S. Navy Strike Test VX-23 in flight with
four Boeing built Harpoon anti-ship missiles under its wings. Picture:
Boeing
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Under the modification to the contract awarded in
July 2015, Harris will manufacture and deliver 48 on-board electronic
warfare jamming systems for the Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures
(IDECM) program. Deliveries are expected to be completed by December
2018.
“Naval aviators face a growing range of threats as their missions
evolve and hostile actors gain access to increasingly advanced technology,”
said Ed Zoiss, president, Harris Electronic Systems. “Harris has
helped keep aviators safe from emerging threats for more than 18 years,
and we remain firmly committed to supporting their critical missions.”
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ARABIAN GULF (Feb. 25, 2012) From top; an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned
to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22, flown by Lt. Cmdr. Warren Tomlinson
and Lt. j.g. Josh Raymond, an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to Strike
Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81 flown by Lt. Daniel Solfelt, an F/A-18C Hornet
assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 113, flown by Cmdr. Craig
Sicola, and an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA)
25 flown by Lt. Taylor Hesse, fly over the Arleigh Burke-class guided
missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones during a mission flown from the
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson
and CVW 17 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R.
Evans/Released)
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The AN/ALQ-214(V)4/5 is an electronic jammer component of the integrated
defensive electronic counter measures system (IDECM), which comes to
the Navy from a joint venture of Exelis and BAE Systems. It protects
Navy fighter-bombers from radar-guided surface-to-air and air-to-air
missiles by jamming the missile guidance systems.
This effort also includes the repair of test assets and field support
for the AN/ALQ-214(V)4/5. Exelis is a wholly owned subsidiary of Harris
Corp. in Melbourne, Fla.
The ALQ-214 component of the IDECM EW system has been delivered to the
Navy as well as to the Royal Australian Air Force for contemporary versions
of the Boeing F/A-18 fighter-bomber. The system blends sensitive receivers
and active countermeasures to form an electronic shield around the aircraft.
The RF countermeasure system engages incoming missiles autonomously
with a series of measures designed to protect the aircraft from detection.
The AN/ALQ-214(V)4 a smaller and lighter version of its predecessors,
and has an open-architecture design that is ready for integration on
several different kinds of aircraft.
The system is designed to counter radar-guided anti-aircraft missiles
with electronic countermeasures (ECM) techniques that deny, disrupt,
delay, and degrade the enemy missile launch and engagement sequence.
The system identifies, ranks, and counters incoming missiles, and displays
engagements to the flight crew for situational awareness.
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