Raytheon and the U.S. Navy have tested a new, integrated electronic attack system.
The demonstration involved active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, a digital, open, scalable receiver and techniques generator, and a self-powered pod. The equipment was mounted on the underside of a Gulfstream business jet during flight tests at Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, California.
RELATED:
Eurofighter nations team for AESA radar development
A Raytheon announcement described the demonstration, a part of the Next Generation Jammer project, as the first time the system had been powered by the air stream. "The combination of jamming techniques, beam agility, array-transmit power and jammer management was very effective against the threat systems and all test objectives were met or exceeded," Raytheon said.
"Eight months after award of the NGJ program we successfully flew the integrated prototype system against representative threat radars," said Travis Slocumb , vice president of electronic warfare systems at Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems division. "This demonstrates the capability and readiness of the core enabling technologies for the next generation of EW systems, and we did it on our first flight."
