June 2007

Vol. 30 No. 6
WHOS
WHO IN
EUROPEAN EW
Also in this issue:
Interviews:
Grard Christmann,
COL Laurie Buckhout
Technology Survey:
RWR/ESM/ELINT Systems
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News
The Monitor 16
B-52 Jamming Variant
Again Seeks DOD Blessing
Washington Report 26
Ups and Downs for EW In HASC FY08
Defense Budget
World Report 28
Thales Captures UK Sub Work;
Terma to Equip Dutch Chinooks
Features
Interview 30
Grard Christmann, General Manager of
Electronic Combat Solutions, Thales Aerospace
Whos Who in European EW 34
Gbor Zord
After a period of market correction, European
companies have reorganized, reformed
and emerged with a new spirit of regional
collaboration. JED takes a look at the varied
landscape of European EW programs and the
European companies that support them.
Interview 46
COL Laurie Buckhout, Chief, Electronic Warfare
Division, Army Asymmetric Warfare Ofce
Technology Survey:
RWR/ESM/ELINT Systems 49
Ollie Holt
JED offers a detailed look at specications for more
than 40 RWR/ESM/ELINT receivers available from
companies worldwide.
Book Review 58
Stormjammers: The Extraordinary Story of
Electronic Warfare Operations in the Gulf War
Departments
6 The View From Here
8 Calendar
12 From the President
14 Letters
56 New Products
60 EW 101
65 AOC News
69 JED Sales Ofces
69 Index of Advertisers
70 JED Quick Look
Cover photos courtesy Eurofighter GmbH, Dassault Aviation, Gripen International
KB, Northrop Grumman, Eurocopter and Rheinmetall Landsysteme.
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor: John Knowles
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Brig Gen Bruno Berthet
General Engineer of the Armament, DGA, French Air Force
COL Laurie Buckhout
Chief, EW Division, Army Asymmetric Warfare Office, USA
CAPT Bill Chubb
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Commander, EA-6B Program Office (PMA-234), US Navy
Rep. Joe Pitts (Honorary Member)
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PUBLISHED JUNE 2007/JED-M0607/5984
June 2007 Vol. 30, No. 6
T
his month, most of big players in the defense market will descend on
Paris for a week of serious business. At Le Bourget, on the northern
edge of the city, the trade halls will be brimming with exhibitors and
attendees, while the bigger deals will be discussed in the corporate
chalets that overlook the flight demonstrations.
In keeping with JED tradition, our cover story this month is about
Europe. I hope you enjoy reading Gbor Zords article about Whos Who in Euro-
pean EW a different spin from our previous feature stories about the region.
European EW is going through an interesting period in its history. As with
the United States, many European militaries are gaining a new appreciation for
EW. This is typical in any sustained military operation, where the enemy has the
time and opportunity to locate and exploit weaknesses. Improvised explosive
devices (IEDs) and IR threats are the major worries for European forces deployed
to Afghanistan and Iraq. In response, there has been significant investment in
missile warning systems and flares for aircraft, as well as IED jammers for ground
forces.
While Europes EW spending is stronger today than it has been since the end
of the Cold War, I wonder if these experiences will affect the way European gov-
ernments view EW in their future strategic planning. Will EW achieve the level
of importance it held during the Cold War? Or will EW planning fade into the
background once these conflicts are over?
In some areas, European countries still retain very strong EW capabilities.
France, for example, has one of the best-equipped air forces in the world in terms
of EW self-protection. Compared with the US, Europe is also very strong in the
naval EW arena, as well as in ground vehicle self-protection.
In the post-Cold War era, however, European EW manufacturers have thinned
down and concentrated their EW product offerings. How many companies in
Europe manufacture advanced missile warning systems, laser warners, directed
IR countermeasures systems or fiber-optic towed decoys? The answer is, not
many. (It is worth noting that Israel, which has a much smaller EW industry,
manufactures all of these products.) Without strategic investment in these ar-
eas, European militaries will become far more reliant on importing these types
of systems, most likely on a quick reaction basis. This does not bode well for a
strong European defense capability, and that should worry everyone on both
sides of the Atlantic.
John Knowles
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September 17-20
Whidbey Island, WA
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September 24-26
Washington, DC
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Aircraft Survivability 2007
November 6-9
Monterey, CA
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November 13-15
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Digital Radio Frequency Memory
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m e s s a g e
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YOUNG CROWS
IN EXCITING TIMES
F
or many the month of June is the finish to another academic year. For
some it represents the graduation from student to the work force. For
those who have chosen to enter our high technology field, I welcome each
of you to an exciting time. Extreme technology is evident in every aspect
of the world around us and nothing could be truer than in the universe of
an Old Crow Electronic Warfare and Information Operations.
Military electronics is more digital than it ever has been, and has the promise
to provide systems that have what it takes to be truly multi-functional. In the near
future, the difference between a radio, jammer or even a radar, will only be a matter
of what the software or firmware is doing at that particular slice of time it will be
the same hardware.
With the advances in digital technology, todays Young Crows will be able to de-
sign and produce systems that are smaller, use less power, are more reliable and more
operationally suitable than the systems on which many Old Crows cut their beaks. In
the past, EW systems were limited by the state of RF components, with many designs
restricted in growth capability a must-have for the military to stay one step ahead
of our adversarys advances in radar and threat systems. Next-generation systems
will not only provide growth capability measurable in orders of magnitude, they also
will challenge Young Crows to upgrade capabilities much faster than ever before. Also
inherent in digital EW systems is the ability to control much more of the system from
a distance.
As high-speed broadband networks emerge that connect our forces, so will EW
systems be connected to not only to each other, but also to reachback capabilities,
such as real-time operation and reprogramming. Todays UAV operators can literally
sit on the other side of the globe and operate nearly all aspects of the UAVs under
their control. Therefore, it is conceivable that in the future Young Crows will remotely
control many aspects of EW system operations in certain concepts of employment.
This is not such a stretch of imagination, given that the flexible digital designs of
many deep-space systems have been just what were needed to work around an in-
flight problem and save the mission.
The Old Crow force will need to pass on to the Young Crow generation the wisdom
garnered from many experiences that tasked our brightest engineers to come up with
those mission saving solutions. What has really changed with time is the speed at
which Crows will be able to develop, test, field and update our systems.
Clearly, as Old Crows have conquered many challenges in their time, the future of-
fers equally exciting challenges for many Young Crows to experience and master. It is
the heritage of Crows to rise to technical challenges and to solve the hard problems.
My challenge to each Young Crow is to continually seek out new ways to dominate the
electromagnetic spectrum and remain ahead of our adversaries.
Walter Wolf
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JED welcomes letters to the editor. Please send to editor@
crows.org. Letters should include a phone number and contact e-
mail. All letters will be verified prior to publication. Letters may be
edited for length, accuracy, clarity and to conform to JED style.
CONSIDERING CROSS-EYE JAMMING
I read with a great interest the article Airborne Towed De-
coys in the JED issue of December 2006.
In the past I was involved in the competition between the
Cross-Eye (CE) and the Towed Decoy Jamming techniques. I
can summarize the comparison in the following lines:
1. Miss distance: Naturally, the Towed Decoy can provide
better miss distance in beam directions, where, unfortunately,
very few missiles can operate due to the poor clutter-target dis-
crimination (target and clutter will have the same Doppler!). On
the contrary, Cross-Eye will provide the maximum miss distance
in the front/rear sectors where mostly missiles are.
2. Applicability: Repeater type Towed Decoys are practically appli-
cable only to CW waveforms and therefore only to semi-active missiles.
Better chance to be valid against Pulse Doppler radar will exist for
Fiber Optic Towed Decoys, when they will be ready with enough ERP.
On the contrary, Cross-Eye jamming can be applicable against all the
practical threats, including semi-active missiles (last CE generation).
Moreover it should be noted that, where the Towed Decoy
will not tell you if it will work, CE jamming provides immediate
tell-back if the threat has been engaged.
3. Acquisition cost: Towed Decoy systems can be cheaper
(depending on the number of decoys) than CE jamming, which
requires two transmitters.
4. Life cycle cost: Towed Decoys can be very expensive,
because during war operations thousands of decoys may be
necessary. CE jamming has a negligible life cycle cost: once
installed it will work forever.
In the past the competition was won by Towed Decoys because
Cross-Eye appeared much too risky. In fact, we have to admit
that the Towed Decoy functioning principles are much easier to
understand than that of Cross-Eye jamming. And though Towed
Decoys may limit aircraft maneuvering performances, Cross-Eye
jamming required the implementation of advanced technology.
Fortunately, the Italian Air Force had a chance to demon-
strate both the feasibility and the effectiveness of the CE jam-
ming technique by flying successfully with an MB-339 equipped
with a prototype of an ECM capable of Cross-Eye jamming.
The JED article was asking why the business around Towed
Decoys is decreasing: Can it be because operators are beginning
to understand that there are other more effective jamming
techniques? (In the article itself, it is mentioned that some
improvement to Towed Decoys can come from Cross-Eye!).
It appears that the CE jamming performances are superior
to that of Towed Decoys. From the industrial point of view, the
cost of CE could be less than that achieved with Towed Decoys.
Is it the appropriate time to discuss seriously, without preju-
dices, the opportunity to adopt Cross-Eye jamming?
Filippo Neri
President, Virtualabs srl.
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NEXT-GENERATION USAF HIGH-ALTITUDE
SIGINT SYSTEM ON TRACK
The Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload (ASIP) successfully
completed its sensor and aircraft calibration flight tests on the Air
Forces high-altitude U-2 reconnaissance aircraft in late April and
began full SIGINT performance testing. Flight testing of ASIP, the
next-generation SIGINT system for the Air Forces high-fliers (U-2
and Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle), began on the U-2 last
December. Northrop Grumman Missions Systems-ESL (Sacramento,
CA) is the ASIP prime contractor and is delivering five develop-
ment systems. The bulk of these will enter operational service next
year with the U-2 fleet, which the Air Force now plans to retire
completely by FY13. Production systems, to be ordered initially in
FY09, will be fielded on the Global Hawk beginning in 2012. The
first of nearly a year of ASIP flight tests on the first new RQ-4B
Global Hawk Block 30 SIGINT variant, currently being assembled by
Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems (San Diego, CA), is sched-
uled in December of this year. The Air Force plans to buy 24 ASIP
systems for the Global Hawk.
On April 24, the Air Force issued a pre-solicitation notice an-
nouncing its intention to award Northrop Grumman Mission Systems
a sole-source contract to develop scaled-down versions of ASIP, called
ASIP 1C and 2C, respectively, for its MQ-1 Predator and larger MQ-9
Reaper (Predator B) UAVs. G. Goodman
SIGINT AIRCRAFT DO YEOMANS WORK
In testimony before the House Armed Services Air and Land Forces
Subcommittee April 19, Air Force and Navy flag officers touted the criti-
cal roles being played by their respective signals intelligence (SIGINT)
aircraft. Lt Gen David Deptula, the Air Forces first deputy chief of staff
for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, noted that his ser-
vices RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft are operating at above max surge
levels and require a sustained investment to keep their sophisticated
capabilities effective in the global war on terrorism (GWOT).
Spiral modernization of the Rivet Joint SIGINT fleet is necessary,
he said, to keep pace with the wide-ranging and continu-
ously evolving threat, particu- larly in light of advancements
in commercially available per-
sonal communication systems.
He said the spiral mod-
ernization will entail a
series of incremental base-
B-52 JAMMING VARIANT AGAIN SEEKS
DOD BLESSING
The US Air Forces proposed B-52 Core Compo-
nent Jammer (CCJ) program was set for another
high-level Pentagon review as this issue of JED
went to press. The Office of Program Analysis &
Evaluation (PA&E) within the Office of the Sec-
retary of Defense was slated to brief the Deputy
Advisors Working Group (DAWG) on May 23. The
DAWG is chaired by the deputy secretary of de-
fense and includes each services vice chief of
staff. The Air Force hoped to gain the bodys
support for launching the B-52 CCJ develop-
ment effort, currently an unfunded priority, in
FY09 or FY10.
A few years ago, the Air Force committed it-
self to provision of a manned stand-off jamming
(SOJ) aircraft (as a key piece of the DODs planned
airborne electronic attack (AEA) system of sys-
tems) after the Navy retires its carrier-based
EA-6B Prowlers in 2012 and fields new EA-18G
Growlers dedicated only to Navy missions. B-52s
fitted with long-range jamming pods have been
the Air Forces preferred solution, but its first at-
tempt at starting a program was cancelled in 2005
because its projected cost was unaffordable. The
subsequent B-52 CCJ proposal featured stripped-
down requirements and a halved price tag. Last
October, an AEA briefing to the DAWG by a PA&E
official that supported the B-52 CCJ plan was tor-
pedoed unexpectedly by the then-vice chief of
naval operations, ADM Robert Willard. As a result,
the DAWG directed PA&E to reexamine the SOJ
requirement and to report back in the spring.
A summit of the Navy and Air Force chiefs,
which will include discussions of each services
contribution to meeting the DODs AEA require-
ments, was scheduled in late April but has been
put off indefinitely. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen
Michael Moseley plans to ask Chief of Naval Op-
erations ADM Mike Mullen for his interim help
in meeting expeditionary AEA re- quirements
post-2012 with the new EA-18G G r o w l e r s
until the B-52 CCJ can be fielded in FY15 or
FY16. G. Goodman
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line upgrades, which will ensure that the RC-135 does not require recapitalization
until 2023 and, with relatively minor service-life extensions, will remain a viable
platform until 2040.
The Rivet Joint also will receive the Network-Centric Collaborative Targeting
(NCCT) capability, which links multiple intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
(ISR) aircraft, such as RC-135s and U-2s. The platforms rapidly exchange and correlate
disparate multi-INT sensor data machine-to-machine to pinpoint the locations of
enemy forces and emitters in seconds. Deptula said the Rivet Joint also is gaining a
reachback capability, which allows it to send a portion of its collected signals intel-
ligence to ground-based worldwide analysts who can help process the data.
Rear ADM Bruce Clingan, deputy chief of naval operations for air warfare, told
the subcommittee that the Navys EP-3E Aries II SIGINT aircraft has flown more than
8,000 mission hours in support of maritime component commander and regional
combatant commander GWOT missions worldwide. The joint Army-Navy Aerial Com-
mon Sensor (ACS) development program was slated to provide an EP-3E replacement
for the Navy, but the two services went their separate ways two months ago. Clin-
gan revealed that a DOD-directed joint ISR study, completed prior to the Army-Navy
split, had reexamined the multi-INT requirements that were the core of the ACS
program, and considered potential manned and unmanned solutions. [It] validated
the need for a manned, multi-INT platform to meet the tactical commanders direct-
support ISR needs and highlighted the specific attributes required to be effective
in this regard.
The Navy is fully committed to sustaining the EP-3E airframe and keeping its
mission systems effective until its replacement, now called the EPX, is fielded,
Clingan said. The service plans three spiral upgrades to the mission system and in-
stallation of Special Structural Inspection Kits, which will carry the EP-3E through
2019. K. Chaisson
AARGM CONTINUES LIVE-FIRE
FLIGHT TESTING
The US Navys Advanced Anti-
Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) sys-
tem development and demonstration
(SDD) program, which began in June
2003 and has Italian air force partici-
pation, was set to begin live-fire flight
tests from F/A-18C/D fighters as this is-
sue went to press in late May.
AARGM reuses the warhead, wings,
fins and rocket motor of the current
Navy-Air Force AGM-88 High-Speed
Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) and
adds a new multi-mode guidance seek-
er section, a GPS/Inertial Navigation
System and other improvements. The
new missile is designed to improve le-
thal suppression of enemy air defenses
(SEAD), particularly those that shut off
their radars to foil HARMs ability to
passively home in on radar emissions.
AARGM is scheduled to enter low-rate
initial production by ATK Missile Sys-
tems in the third quarter of FY08 and
to achieve an initial operational capa-
bility in late FY09. Production of 1,750
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onstration, as well as three Quick Bolt
Advanced Concept Technology Demon-
stration firings. Seven live firings of
engineering development model (EDM)
missiles will occur in FY07, and an Op-
erational Assessment with two more
live EDM firings employing realistic
operational scenarios is slated in early
2008. An independent Operational Eval-
uation with 11 firings of production-
representative AARGMs is planned in
FY08-FY09. G. Goodman
modified missiles for the Navy and Air
Force is planned.
The new seeker section has a more
sensitive digital anti-radiation homing
(ARH) receiver and an active millime-
ter-wave (MMW) radar, which is used
after launch for terminal guidance
when a radar shuts down. The GPS/INS
is added to the HARM control section.
Navy CAPT Larry Egbert, program man-
ager of the Direct and Time-Sensitive
Strike Program (PMA-242) at Naval Air
Systems Command, Patuxent River, MD,
told JED, The improved ARH receiver
will provide more accurate geolocation
information to the missile on the air-
craft and in flight. The guidance algo-
rithm will fuse inputs from the ARH,
MMW and GPS to find and destroy air
defense units even when they employ
countermeasures such as the shutdown
tactics. When a threat radar shuts
down, the GPS/INS will be used to
keep AARGM driving toward the radars
last known position. During terminal
guidance, the MMW radar will actively
search the target location area to find
the target. Thus, AARGM will trans-
form HARM into a true destruction of
enemy air defenses (DEAD) weapon.
A national intelligence broadcast
receiver is also added to the seeker
section, which allows the AARGM-
equipped aircrafts pilot to receive
real-time target information for cu-
ing and correlation via the Integrated
Broadcast Service network prior to mis-
sile launch. AARGM also will transmit
a weapon impact assessment message
prior to impact, relaying missile and
target position information for battle
damage assessment purposes.
Captain Egbert noted, With the in-
troduction of the GPS/INS, AARGM can
be used as a precision point-to-point
weapon. AARGMs real improvement in
destroying nontraditional targets is
when the GPS is coupled with the MMW
radar. This will make AARGM a point-
to-area weapon, allowing it to be used
when a targets exact location may not
be known or when the target is mobile
and likely to leave a known location.
The AARGM technology has had
seven previous live-fire tests four as
part of an Advanced Technology Dem-
JED WELCOMES NEW
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Marianne Kunkel has joined JED
as an assistant editor. She recently
received her masters degree in Eng-
lish from the University of Florida in
Gainesville and has served as an edi-
torial intern for the University Press
of Florida, and as both a writer and
editor for the magazine Gainesville To-
day. Marianne received her bachelors
degree from Auburn University.
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NAVY MODERNIZING SURFACE
SHIP SLQ-32
A Milestone B decision to begin de-
veloping a second set of upgrades to
the SLQ-32 electronic warfare systems
on the US Navys surface ships under
the surface EW improvement program
(SEWIP) is slated to be made this month
or soon after.
The services program executive
office for integrated warfare systems
(PEO-IWS) at the Washington, DC,
Navy Yard will ask Dr. Delores Etter,
assistant secretary of the Navy for re-
search, development and acquisition,
to approve the start of a system de-
velopment and demonstration phase
for Block 1B SLQ-32 enhancements.
Block 1A SLQ-32 upgrades are in full-
rate production and have achieved
initial operational capability.
SEWIP is an evolutionary, incremen-
tal series of enhancements to the fleets
SLQ-32(V) systems, which entered pro-
duction by Raytheon EW Systems, Go-
leta, CA, in 1977 and were introduced
in the fleet in the early 1980s. The
SLQ-32 (slick-32) has provided the
capability to passively detect threat ra-
dar emissions, particularly those from
radar-guided anti-ship cruise missiles,
and to classify the type of radar. About
UAV TURF FIGHT BOILS OVER
Gen Deptula also told the House subcommittee (see page 16) why the Air Force be-
lieves it should be made the executive agent for all medium- and high-altitude UAVs
those that fly above 3,500 feet. That proposal, pushed by Air Force Chief of Staff
Gen Michael Moseley, has raised the ire of the other services. Moseley signed a memo
to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the combatant commanders on March 5 detailing the
proposal, under which the Air Force would oversee the development, procurement,
integration and operation of those categories of UAVs, as well as their logistics and
training. In early April, JCS vice chairman Adm Edmund Giambastiani referred the
proposal to the Joint Requirements Oversight Council, which he chairs.
Deptula said the proposal would streamline UAV acquisition, employment and
overall mission effectiveness. He cited the Armys ongoing procurement of Warrior
UAVs, which are essentially the same as the Air Forces existing Predators; both are
built by General Atomics. Deptula noted that the Marine Corps and Navy also now
plan to buy similar UAVs. We want to work in a unified fashion when purchasing
these systems, he told the subcommittee. Doing so would be more cost-effective,
freeing up funds for other programs across all the services. He said it also would pro-
vide an opportunity to create and harness multi-service synergies that would build
on each services strengths. It works best when a joint commander can reach out and
utilize all of the options at hand.
He emphasized that the proposed executive agency would not be solely an Air
Force operation, but would include participation by the other services and would
leverage the work being done by the Joint Unmanned Aircraft System Center of Excel-
lence and the Army UAV Center of Excellence. On April 13, the Army, Navy and Marine
Corps declined to send representatives to an Air Force-hosted meeting to discuss the
issue, although the Joint Staff and the Joint UAS Center of Excellence did, according
to Janes Defence Weekly. G. Goodman
TALIBAN CANT HIDE
During an April 27 teleconference
piped into the Pentagon from Af-
ghanistan, Royal Netherlands Army
Maj Gen Ton van Loon, Commander
of NATOs International Security As-
sistance Force Regional Command-
South, noted that while the Taliban
were well aware of [our] surveil-
lance, given the vast array of video
and SIGINT assets available, there
is not much they can do about it.
He said that the Taliban have moved
away from large-scale attacks, which
have proven disastrous to them,
and are using smaller asymmetric
attacks, including improvised ex-
plosive devices (IEDs) triggered by
pressure plates or suicide bombers
rather than by remote electronic de-
vices. K. Chaisson
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half of the fleets SLQ-32s, predomi-
nantly those on larger ship classes, also
have an active radar jamming capabil-
ity. SEWIP grew from the SLY-2(V) Ad-
vanced Integrated EW System (AIEWS)
development effort for an entirely new
surface ship EW system, which was can-
celled in 2002 due to cost and schedule
overruns. The SEWIP systems integra-
tor is General Dynamics Advanced In-
formation Systems (formerly Digital
System Resources) in Fairfax, VA, and
Northrop Grumman PRB Systems (Hol-
lywood, MD, and Goleta, CA) is a key
Block 1A subsystem supplier.
Block 1A provides improved control
and display (ICAD) technologies, built
on the Navy standard UYQ-70 display
console manufactured by Lockheed
Martin (Eagan, MN), and a new signal-
processing computer. These allow the
SLQ-32 to more quickly identify threats
and better correlate and display signal
intercepts to the operator. The new com-
mercial off-the-shelf signal-processing
computer, built by Northrop Grumman,
is called the electronic support enhance-
ment (ESE). Its hardware and software
development was led by the Naval Sur-
face Warfare Center, Crane, IN.
SEWIP Block 1B will integrate a
stand-alone AN/SSX-1 Small Ship Elec-
tronic Support Measures (SSESM) sys-
tem, already in production at General
Dynamics Information Technology, with
the SLQ-32, adding a specific emitter
identification capability. Another spe-
cialized capability to be developed com-
petitively under Block 1B is a High-Gain
(antenna)/High-Sensitivity (receiver)
(HGHS). The Naval Research Laboratory
in Washington, DC, did the early de-
velopment work for SSESM and HGHS.
Block 1B also will include further ICAD
enhancements to reduce operator work-
load. Block 1C will integrate ICAD/ESE
on aircraft carriers and the other ships
that have active SLQ-32(V) variants.
CDR Doug Small, assistant program
manager for EW systems within PEO-
IWS, said the Navy is working on a plan
for SEWIG Block 2 development that
will be briefed to Dr. Etter in the near
future. Block 2 will lay the ground-
work for more significant improve-
ments than Block 1, whose upgrades
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IN BRIEF
Northrop Grumman Integrated
Systems (El Segundo, CA) said May 16
that it had delivered the center/aft fu-
selage section for the first production-
configured development model of the
Boeing EA-18G Growler. The EA-18G is
an airborne electronic attack (AEA) de-
rivative of the US Navys new two-seat
F/A-18F Super Hornet and will begin
replacing the services EA-6B Prowler
jamming aircraft in 2009. Northrop
Grumman previously delivered that sec-
tion for two Growler flight test aircraft,
and the latest delivery is the first of
four under the system development and
demonstration phase of the program.
The Navys current plan is to buy a to-
tal of 84 EA-18Gs. Northrop Grumman
(Bethpage, NY) is the Growlers AEA
system integrator.

Army Brig Gen Anthony J. Tata was
named deputy director of operations
for the DODs Joint IED Defeat Organiza-
are being layered on top of the SLQ-32s
1970s-vintage RF technology. (Block 2
improvements are expected to include
a major receiver upgrade to improve
system sensitivity and provide precise
measurement of threat signal angle
of arrival, according to a Navy budget
document.)
The Block 2 plan also will outline
the way ahead in EW for future ship
classes, including the planned DDG-
1000 Zumwalt-class guided-missile de-
stroyer, Small said, adding, What we
do for SEWIP Block 2 is essentially go-
ing to be the same technology that will
go on those ship classes, with the pos-
sible exception of the Littoral Combat
Ship. He said his office has been work-
ing with the future ship program man-
agers to define their EW requirements
based on their ships planned missions.
A future SEWIP Block 3 phase will sig-
nificantly improve the electronic at-
tack capabilities of the SLQ-32, while
Block 4 envisions adding an infrared
jamming capability. G. Goodman
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tion in Arlington, VA. Tata has been the deputy commanding
general (support) with the 10th Mountain Division (Light) in
Fort Drum, NY.

The Air Force announced May 8 that Raytheon Missile Sys-
tems (Tucson, AZ) is being awarded a $14.6 million cost-plus-
incentive-fee modification to its Miniature Air-Launched De-
coy (MALD) contract to perform risk reduction through March
2008 for the MALD-Jammer (MALD-J) variant. The contract in-
cludes ground and captive flight testing. The 328th Armament
Systems Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, FL, is the contracting
activity. Raytheon selected Tecom Industries (Thousand Oaks,
CA) May 16 to develop and manufacture the mid- and high-
band transmit and receive antennas for MALD-J.

Naval Air Systems Command, in a May 2 pre-solicitation
notice, said it intends to award a sole-source, indefinite de-
livery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to Northrop Grum-
man Defensive Systems Division (Rolling Meadows, IL) for
up to 155 AN/AAQ-24(V) Directional Infrared Countermeasure
(DIRCM) systems, primarily for Marine Corps CH-53E heavy-lift
helicopters. The IDIQ contract includes a base year plus four
option years. The DIRCM system includes AAR-54 missile warn-
ing sensors.

Raytheon Electronic Warfare (Goleta, CA) received a Naval
Air Systems Command contract May 2 that marked the first in-
ternational sale of its state-of-the-art ALR-67(V)3 digital radar
warning receiver (RWR). The contract includes 24 systems for
the Navy and 55 for the Royal Australian Air Force. The ALR-
67(V)3 is used on new Navy carrier-based F/A-18E/F fighters
and will now be installed on RAAF F/A-18A+ aircraft as part
of Australias Hornet Upgrade program. Deliveries under the
contract will begin in October 2008 and be completed by March
2010. (The RAAF also has ordered 24 F/A-18F fighters that will
come equipped with the ALR-67(V)3.) The contract represents
the ninth full-rate production lot awarded to Raytheon; more
than 400 of the RWRs plus spares have been ordered.

EDO Corp. (New York, NY) was selected by Lockheed Mar-
tin to provide its ALR-95 electronic support measures (ESM)
surveillance system for seven Navy P-3C maritime patrol air-
craft. The ESM system enhances the aircrafts survivability by
detecting, identifying and locating hostile radar signals. The
contract is valued at more than $8 million, with deliveries be-
ginning in mid-2008. As prime contractor to Naval Air Systems
Command, Lockheed Martin is the mission system integrator
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for upgrading the P-3C aircrafts mission
avionics.

ARINC (Annapolis, MD) said May 1
that a team of its engineers had played a
key role in the Navys first live electronic
attack mission of a Boeing EA-18G devel-
opment aircraft in January. The Growlers
ALQ-218 receiver successfully detect-
ed, identified and located a simulated
threat emitter, which was subsequently
jammed by the aircrafts ALQ-99 system.
The test took place on the Atlantic Test
Range near the Naval Air Warfare Center,
Patuxent River, MD. ARINC and its sub-
contractor, Porter Technical, developed
test procedures, drafted the flight and
directed the flight test for the Navy.

The Naval Air Warfare Center Weap-
ons Division at China Lake, CA, said May
2 that it intends to award a two-year
sole-source IDIQ contract on July 23 to
L-3 Communications Titan Systems
(Mount Laurel, NJ) for engineering,
technical and programmatic support
services for maintaining and updating
simulations and intelligence databases
for the Airborne Electronic Attack/EA-
6B Prowler Integrated Product Team
located at the Naval Air Warfare Center
Weapons Division at Point Mugu, CA.

LaBarge (St. Louis, MO) said May 2
that it had received contracts valued at
$2 million from BAE Systems (Nashua,
NH) to produce ruggedized circuit card
assemblies for the AN/AAR-57 Common
Missile Warning System. The CMWS,
deployed on a variety of Army, Navy,
Marine Corps and Air Force aircraft, de-
fends military helicopters and transport
and tactical aircraft from heat-seeking
missiles by detecting and warning crews
of missile threats and cuing counter-
measures. The electronic assemblies,
built by LaBarge in Tulsa, function in
the CMWS electro-optic missile sensors
and in its electronic control unit (ECU),
which processes data from the sensors
to determine if a missile threat exists
and then communicates with other de-
fensive equipment such as the Advanced
Threat Infrared Countermeasures (ATIR-
CM) system to defeat the missile. a
CORRECTIONS
The Technology Survey on Anten-
nas in the March 2007 issue should
have listed the following information
for L-3 Communications Randtron
Antenna Systems, Menlo Park, CA.
Website: www.L-3com.com/randtron
Antenna 1 model: quad monopole
Broadband sinuous model weight:
4 oz-5 lbs
Broadband sinuous and broadband
spiral features: can be built to spec-
ifications, alternative radomes
Items in the May 2007 issue ref-
erencing Lockheed Martin Systems
Integration should have listed the
location as Owego, NY.
JED regrets the errors.
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w a s h i n g t o n
repor t
dent Bush on May 1. The appropriators in
both houses fully approved the Pentagons
JIEDDO supplemental request for an addi-
tional $2.4 billion beyond the $1.9 billion
already provided for FY2007. However,
language in their respective bills reflected
the lawmakers frustration with the con-
tinuing fatalities suffered by US troops
in Iraq and Afghanistan from roadside
bombs despite the more than $6 billion in
funding they have provided the JIEDDO
since late 2004.
The House version expressed concern
over the lack of fiscal discipline within
JIEDDO. It urged the DOD Comptroller
to provide better oversight and prevent
duplication of projects between individ-
ual services and JIEDDO. Despite its con-
cerns, the House directed the JIEDDO to
fund all additional Joint Counter Radio-
Controlled IED Electronic Warfare (CREW)
jammer requirements.
The Senate version of the supplemen-
tal focused on the development of a stra-
tegic plan for JIEDDO, and it directed the
DOD to finalize the JIEDDO strategic plan
no later than August 17, 2007. The Senate
also directed JIEDDO to provide a staff-
ing report to the congressional defense
committees by May 18, 2007.
A report by House-Senate confer-
ence members that accompanied the
subsequent compromise supplemen-
tal contained even stronger language.
The lawmakers said they remain con-
cerned with the organizations finan-
cial management practices, including
its continued failure to provide a plan
for obligation and expenditures for pre-
viously approved and for currently re-
quested funding, and believe that the
JIEDDO is not effectively managing its
resources to deliver effective counter-IED
solutions to theater. The report warned
that without changes, the program may
not receive full funding. G. Goodman
UPS AND DOWNS FOR EW IN
HASC FY08 DEFENSE BUDGET
On May 17, the House Armed Services
Committee passed the FY2008 Defense Au-
thorization Bill, and though EW programs
survived the process mostly unscathed,
the committees markup still resulted in
some ups and downs for some EW and SI-
GINT programs.
On the up side, the HASC recognized
the importance of installing the Large Air-
craft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM)
system on Air Force Special Operations
Commands AC-130 gunships. In its report
on the bill, the Committee noted that the
LAIRCM request made the Air Forces top
10 list of FY2008 unfunded priorities. It
added another $5 million to the $26.9 mil-
lion already allotted for LAIRCM system
upgrades on the AC-130s.
The committee also added $3.9 million
to fund a request by Warner Robins Air
Logistics Center to complete qualification
of an updated processor for the ALQ-213
EW Management System. The upgrade
program had received no funding in the
initial bill.
Air Force SIGINT programs also emerged
with mixed results. The HASC allotted
$6 million for research and development
(R&D) to continue growth of the Rivet
Joint Network Interface Program, which
supports in-theater network geolocation
collaboration. And the C-130 Senior Scout
program received an additional $7 million
for production of a fourth roll-on/roll-off
shelter for the SIGINT aircraft. In its bud-
get submission, the DOD had requested
$3.9 million to upgrade the three existing
Senior Scout shelters.
However, the committee cut $10.9
million from the Airborne Signals Intel-
ligence Enterprise specifically for the
Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial System
indicating the amount duplicated fund-
ing requested elsewhere.
Overall, the Army picked up some extra
money in R&D: $2 million for electromag-
netic geolocation development; $5.23 mil-
lion for electronic warfare development on
the advanced threat infrared countermea-
sures (ATRICM) system; and $8 million for
IED defeat technology development.
But, citing $250 million spent on
failed Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) pro-
grams along with the recent decision by
the Army and Navy to go separate ways
on the program, the committee noted a
lack of definition for the ACS program,
stripping the Army of $5 million and the
Navy of $4 million from the FY08 request
(leaving the programs at $21.4 million
and $12.6 million, respectively).
Other highlights: The Navy received
another $4 million for development of
the TADIRCM high-power fiber laser-
based pod. Special Operations Command
received an additional $4 million for the
Joint Threat Warning System (JTWS);
Georgia Tech saw $8 million more for ad-
vanced SAM hardware simulator develop-
ment; $5 million extra was allotted for
tactical SIGINT technology development,
while development of advanced pack-
aging and direction finding for JTWS
netted an additional $2.3 million. The
PATENT HAMMER next-gen SIGINT sensor
received an extra $1 million in devel-
opment funds. E. Richardson
CONGRESS WANTS
BETTER RESULTS FROM
COUNTER-IED FUNDING
The Defense Departments
Joint Improvised Explosive De-
vice Defeat Organization (JIEDDO)
was the target of criticism from
Congress for the first time in the
House and Senate versions of the
FY2007 wartime supple-
mental funding bill that
was vetoed by Presi-
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IN BRIEF
Australias Department of Defence awarded BAE Systems Australia a
$76.1 million contract on May 14 to supply an upgraded electronic sup-
port measures (ESM) system for the nations AP-3C Orion maritime patrol
aircraft. The contract requires BAE Systems to replace existing sub-
systems and associated ground support systems. The upgraded system
will enter service in 2011. The ESM contract is part of a series of AP-3C
upgrades worth up to $600 million that are anticipated over the next
seven years.
New Zealands Cabinet on May 2 approved awarding L-3 Communica-
tions SPAR Aerospace (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) a $21.2 million con-
tract to design, integrate and install a new EW self-protection system on
the Royal New Zealand Air Forces (RNZAFs) five C-130 aircraft. The con-
tract is an add-on to the six-year Life Extension Program for the C-130s
awarded to L-3 SPAR in December 2004 by the New Zealand Ministry of
Defence, which entails comprehensive avionics, mechanical and struc-
tural refurbishment. SPAR previously installed the same self-protection
suite on Canadas C-130s. In 1998, the Three of New Zealands C-130s were
equipped with a self-protection capability comprising a radar warning
receiver, a missile warning system and a countermeasures dispenser.
But improved self-protection is deemed essential due to the increasing
sophistication and availability of ground-based anti-aircraft missiles in
locations such as Afghanistan. SPARs system also will be fitted on New
Zealands new NH90 helicopters.
The Indian Navy is installing indigenous electronic warfare systems on
its surface ships and other platforms as part of a modernization drive,
india-defense.com reported last month. The new Sangraha EW system
was jointly developed by the Indian Navy and DRDOs Electronics Re-
search Laboratory. It comprises a family of electronic support measures
(ESM) suites for different platforms that can detect and classify emis-
sions from pulsed, continuous-wave, PRF-agile, frequency-agile and
chirp radars. The systems modularity facilitates deployment on a broad
array of platforms, including small ships and helicopters. Certain San-
graha-fitted platforms also have electronic countermeasures capabili-
ties, employing multiple-beam phased-array jammers for simultaneous
handling of multiple threats.
Singapore announced that it has decided to replace its four US E-2C
Hawkeye airborne early-warning aircraft by 2010 with US Gulfstream
550 long-range twin-engine business jets equipped with the Phalcon
phased-array radar system and other Israeli-made electronics. Singa-
pore will receive its first Gulfstream 550 later this year. The Israeli air
force last year fielded its first similar Gulfstream 500 jet equipped with
the Phalcon conformal radar and signals-intelligence equipment. It also
has six older Boeing 707 Phalcon aircraft. a
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THALES CAPTURES UK SUB WORK
The UK Royal Navy has awarded a 21 mil-
lion contract to Thales UK (Crawley, Sussex) to
upgrade the radar ESM systems for its Trafal-
gar-, Vanguard- and Astute-class submarines.
Awarded as part of the Submarine Ad-
vanced RESM Technology (SMART) program,
the contract calls for the company to update
the submarines existing ESM systems with an
open architecture and digital receivers. The
SMART system leverages MINERVA and PALAN-
TIR signal processing used on the Navys Type
45 frigate ESM systems.
The Royal Navy operates seven Trafalgar-
class nuclear attack subs, which entered ser-
vice in the 1980s; four Vanguard-class ballistic
missile subs; and it is building four Astute-
class nuclear attack submarines. The program
will help to establish radar ESM commonality
across the Royal Navys submarine fleet and
provide greater interoperability with surface
ships, like the Type 45.
In other company news, Thales France has
won a contract to retrofit new radar ESM on
the French Navys six Rubis-class nuclear at-
tack submarines. J. Knowles
TERMA TO EQUIP DUTCH CHINOOKS
The Royal Netherlands Air Force has tapped
TERMA (Lystrup, Denmark) to supply EW sys-
tems for its Chinook helicopters. Under the
Chinook Aircraft Survivability Equipment
(CHASE) program, the company will deliver a
variant of the Apache Modular Aircraft Surviv-
ability Equipment (AMASE) pods installed on
the stub wings of the RNLAFs Apache helos.
The CHASE suite will comprise the AAR-
54 missile warning system from Northrop
Grumman, the AAQ-24 Directional IR Coun-
termeasures (DIRCM) system from Northrop
Grumman and Selex, a chaff and flare dis-
penser, and Termas ALQ-213(V) EW Manage-
ment System. The components of the CHASE
suite were evaluated during flight tests ear-
lier this year at the countrys Vliehors range.
J. Knowles
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GRARD CHRI STMANN,
GENERAL MANAGER OF ELECTRONI C COMBAT
SOLUTI ONS, THALES AEROSPACE
When he was named to head Thales RF EW business line in early 2005, Grard Christmann had already garnered decades of experience
in EW, missile and communications programs within the company. After graduating from the Ecole Nationale Suprieure de Tlcom-
munications (SUP TELECOM) in Paris, he joined the Telecomunication Division of Thomson-CSF in 1975 as a technical engineer. He was
appointed director of the divisions EW department and then promoted to marketing and sales director of the division. In 1993, he was
appointed Vice President of Thomson-CSFs International Department. He then joined the companys Detection and Missile Systems Group
as director of the medium-range missile systems business. In 2000, he became Director of the Missile Electronics Business Unit within
Thales Airborne Systems before being named Director of Electronic Combat Solutions, within the newly formed Thales Aerospace division.
In the month before the Paris Air Show, JED Editor John Knowles interviewed Christmann for his unique perspective on the EW market.
With so many business lines and so
many international customers, how
does Thales approach its customers,
especially its EW customers?
Thales is organized in a matrix
structure between what we call our
multi-domestic organizations and our
business lines. The multi-domestic ap-
proach means a local presence in the
country, which brings Thales access
to a greater number of domestic mar-
kets. The company has successfully
pursued its multi-domestic strategy
to emerge as the largest defence con-
tractor in France, Australia, Korea and
the Netherlands, and has achieved an
exceptionally strong position in the
United Kingdom, where it is the sec-
ond largest supplier to the Ministry of Defence. The business
lines each of which is an international worldwide organiza-
tion are in charge of one business. Each business line has a
centralized management structure that is in charge of research
and development, production, marketing strategy, and busi-
ness development. Our domestic organizations in France, the
UK, the US and so on, are responsible for pursuing local busi-
ness opportunities in their markets. So Thales France handles
business opportunities in France, Thales UK handles business
opportunities in the UK, Thales North America handles US cus-
tomers. This type of business requires proximity to the cus-
tomer, and a team of people of the same nationality, in order to
respect the national security regulations of the customer.
I should also mention that electronic warfare is supported
across three structures within the Thales Group, each with its
own specificities and particular expertise. Our organization,
within Thales Aerospace, works on radar electronic warfare
systems. This is closely tied to our radar business. The second
EW organization deals with COMINT and is part of Thales Land
and Joint Systems division, as is the third EW activity, Op-
tronics, which is responsible for missile warning systems, laser
warning receivers, directed IR counter-
measures and flare dispensers. So we
have three different teams to cover all
of the electronic warfare market. How-
ever, when we need to combine and
integrate the three activities, it is the
radar electronic warfare team, under
my responsibility, that takes charge
of the systems approach. For example,
when the program is to deliver a SI-
GINT aircraft, we are the prime and we
subcontract the COMINT to the division
responsible for COMINT within Thales.
When we have to deliver a self-protec-
tion system for a helicopter, we are in
charge of the global system combining
the radar warning receiver, the missile
detection receiver and so on and so on.
We are the systems integrator.
So, although your French and UK business units are
developing and manufacturing EW systems, there are limits
as to what information can pass between them without a
government-to-government agreement?
It is a priority for us to respect international and national
security regulations. For example, we have a great deal of co-
operation between France and Italy on the FREMM [Frgate
Europenne Multi-Mission] program. Our UK business does not
participate in the program. Nevertheless, our duty is to orga-
nize synergies from an industrial point of view. It is clear that
we rationalize, so as not to duplicate the investment. And that
means that we try to develop common technologies. But only
technologies.
Are you able to realize synergies between the UK and French
business units in export cases?
Yes. For the export market in the Middle East and Asia for
example, we have developed a unique family of products. For
naval applications, for instance, our newest family of ESM/
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ELINT systems is named VIGILE. VIGILE was co-developed be-
tween France and UK. When there is no security issue, we can
offer products such as these.
What are some of the EW projects that Thales is working on
right now?
As I mentioned, we are developing a new system for the
FREMM. In the UK, we have just won a contract for the ret-
rofit of radar ESM [Submarine Advanced Radar ESM Technol-
ogy SMART] on the Royal Navys submarines. This contract
is important for us and represents confirmation from the UK
MoD, in the face of open competition from the worlds major
EW suppliers, of Thales position as the predominant naval EW
supplier in Europe. There will also be a competition within the
next three years for the replacement of the electronic warfare
systems on all of the surface ships of the British Royal Navy.
And, we have developed the VIGILE family for export oppor-
tunities such as Greece, Indonesia, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar and
so on. For combat aircraft, we dont have a generic system to
offer.
How is Thales approaching the airborne EW market?
In France, we provide the self-protection systems for Mirage
2000 and Rafale aircraft. But we are not the supplier for the
British platforms. For the export market, we have developed
CATS [Compact Airborne Threat Surveyor]. The first CATS sys-
tems were made for slow-moving aircraft like transports, he-
licopters and UAVs. We are now offering a version for fighter
aircraft. For the retrofit market, we have developed a podded
jammer PAJ. It is very small say close to the size of an infra-
red missile and it can fit easily on many different fighters. In
addition to CATS and PAJ, we have integrated suites for more
advanced aircraft. The best example is the EW suite for the
Mirage 2000-9. The customer wanted something very similar or
better than the F16 Block 60.
Within the radar technology area, are you looking at AESA
radars that can perform EW functions?
Absolutely. In fact, for the active radar we have developed
a European technology within a European company, which is
UMS [United Monolithic Semiconductors]. UMS is a joint ven-
ture between Thales and EADS, and we have developed the
technologies to provide an RF system that be perform radar
functions, as well as ESM and jamming. So we have developed
the right knowledge and have a European source for the tech-
nology, so we are not dependent on the US. Some AESA proto-
types are already flying, and this type of technology is going
to be used on the French RAFALE.
Is Thales developing a support jamming system? In the past
there has been a project CARBONE.
CARBONE was started by the Air Force to enable the devel-
opment of a support jammer. An arrangement has been made
to organize European cooperation, and we expect to be able
to launch something an actual program in the following
years. This is based not only on technologies demonstrated
under CARBONE, but on those technology demonstration proj-
ects that were contracted to us after CARBONE. The French Air
Force is very interested in obtaining a support jammer. The
operational requirement is clear, and we expect the program to
begin in France within the next few years.
Would other nations become involved in the cooperative
development of a support jammer or would you be looking
to develop this strictly within France?
It would be a European collaborative program. It could
be developed and bought between two or three European air
forces.
What are some of the new product areas that Thales is
pursuing in the EW market?
UAVs are a new requirement we are following, mainly for
payloads SIGINT payloads. And there is a need to protect
them. So, for instance, we are looking into development of
small jammers. We are also developing for France the payloads
for the ELISA [Electronic Intelligence Satellite]. It is a black
program. Of course, this is not for the export market.
At the technology and component level, do you feel that
Thales is very competitive with the other top companies in
the market?
Yes. It is not possible to be competitive if you do not have
the right technology. And part of our main activity is to
integrate the components more and more, to be able to put
more functions in the same size and to lower the price for the
equipment.
On what areas does Thales focus its research and
development dollars these days? Do you focus more on the
software expertise or in the component technology?
Both. Of course, we feel that the performance is linked to
the technology the receiver and so on. But more and more,
the performance is also linked to the algorithms that run the
EW systems. And as you know, increasingly the performance
of a self-protection system onboard an aircraft is the result of
data fusion between different sensors.
As a nal question, what is the strategic objective of your
EW business in the near future?
We represent the merger of Thomson-CSF and RACAL and
Dassault Electronique, and our target is clearly to take advan-
tage of our experience in the EW market. Our goal is to main-
tain our market share and, if possible, to increase our market
share. We are in a very strong position in the market. And
our goal is to take advantage of that position and to continue
building on it. a
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After a period of market
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EW programs theyre
supporting.
By Gbor Zord
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I
In last years July issue, JED assessed the state of Eu-
ropean EW. After a decade of intense consolidation,
Europes EW industry has reshaped itself to be more
competitive within Europe and abroad. The interna-
tional makeup of EW companies, such as Saab Avitron-
ics, Selex, Thales and EADS, also has helped perpetuate
cooperation among European governments on many EW
programs. The result is a stronger European EW industry
that can support the needs of its domestic customers
and effectively compete in international programs. This
month, JED is taking a look at whos who in European
EW European companies and the European EW pro-
grams they are supporting.
Euro Hawk
Not counting the French ESSAIM SIGINT satellite
constellation launched together with the Helios 2A IM-
INT satellite, the German Euro Hawk program is Europes
most significant SIGINT program because of its strategic
importance. Its a step in the right direction to make
the common European Security and Defence Policy
(ESDP) possible and relevant in the future.
The Euro Hawk program reached a milestone in Feb-
ruary when EADS and Northrop Grumman (together Eu-
roHawk GmbH) signed a 430 million contract for the
development, test and support of this high-altitude UAV
system. The platform itself is a derivative of the lat-
est RQ-4 Block 20 aircraft. However, it will be equipped
with an indigenous, EADS-developed SIGINT payload
capable of performing standoff ELINT and COMINT. The
European consortium, which integrates all relevant EW
capabilities under the roof of EADS Defence Electronics,
also will provide ground stations that will receive and
analyze the take from the aircraft.
According to the contract, the first demonstrator is
slated for delivery in 2010, and four additional platforms
will be delivered by 2014. The Euro Hawk will replace
1970s-vintage German Navy Br. 1150 Atlantique SIGINT
aircraft, which have become increasingly difficult to
support due to Germanys replacement of Atlantique
MPAs with ex-Netherlands Navy Orions last year. Ste-
fan Zoller, a member of the EADS Executive Committee
for Defence & Security Systems, welcomes the program,
saying it enables the Luftwaffe to assume control of its
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intelligence activities, and shows how
the Bundeswehr is transforming and ac-
quiring network-enhanced capabilities.
Before its approval by the German
Budget Committee, the system under-
went an intensive evaluation in 2003,
which included six successful test flights
of a Global Hawk at the Nordholz Naval
Air Station, carrying an ELINT-type sen-
sor for wide area surveillance missions.
A400M
The European transport aircraft has
moved forward during the last year as
subassemblies from different produc-
tion sites across the continent (wings
Filton, UK; fuselage Breben, Ger-
many; nose Saint Nazaire, France)
came together in Seville, Spain, where
the production line and test facility are
located. Airbus recently dispelled ru-
mors of a half-year flight delay that had
leaked from a contractor, and the first
flight is expected next year.
According to Lothar Belz, EADS senior
media manager, the A400M will receive
the newest technology to cover both
symmetrical and asymmetrical threats.
Of the planned 180-aircraft production
run, 85 will be outfitted with a Defensive
Aids Subsystem (DASS), which includes
the Multicolor Infrared Alerting Sen-
sor (MIRAS), a two-color missile launch
warning system from EADS and Thales.
The two-color infrared technology will
enable the MIRAS to detect long range
air-to-air and shorter range SAM threats
with a very low false alarm rate.
The ALR-400 radar warner, co-pro-
duced by Indra and EADS, has a perfor-
mance more similar to an ESM system
than that of a simple RWR, according
to Belz. Its MBDA Expendable Dispenser
System is specifically designed for the
A400M and can fire a wide variety of
payloads, including Modular Expendable
Blocks (MEBs). This technology enhanc-
es protection by increasing the effective
payload in the dispensers. Moreover, the
design of the DASS computer (DAC) in-
corporates data fusion using both on-
board sensors and external data sources
to provide the crew with full situational
awareness. According to EADS, growth
potential includes a directed infra-
red countermeasures system (DIRCM),
which is part of the current aircraft de-
sign and will be installed in an aircraft
delivered to one of the A400M launch
customers. DASS system designers have
already considered provisions for a mis-
sile warning system, a laser warner and
a towed decoy.
Euroghter Typhoon
Europes long-awaited fighter has
reached initial operational capability
with its original developer countries
during the last few years. It provides
quick reaction alert (QRA) for the NATO
Integrated Air Defense System (NATI-
NADS), a task that places little demand
on the aircrafts complex DASS sys-
tem, produced by EuroDASS, a SELEX,
Elettronica, Indra and EADS consortium.
The DASS provides ESM and radar jam-
ming, a fiber-optic towed decoy, laser
warning, missile warning and chaff and
flare dispensers.
The last chapter of the first produc-
tion tranche began with the certifica-
tion of the Block 5 this past February.
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This standard is being retrofitted under
the R2 program to all previous Tranche
1 aircraft as well, making them air-to-
ground capable, but without self-des-
ignation (see similar limitations for
Rafale below). In March, NETMA signed
the Phase 1 enhancement contract for
Tranche 2 (P1-T2), which will focus on
air-to-ground capabilities, just as the
first Tranche 2 aircraft entered final as-
sembly last October. Although the RAF
will receive TGP capability next year for
Tranche 1, it will become available for
others only with P1-T2. Eurofighter de-
signers are already working on a propos-
al for P2-T2, which will include standoff
weapons integration (Storm Shadow and
Taurus).
In May, the fifth development air-
craft (DA5) was used to test-fly the
AESA antenna-equipped E-scan CAPTOR
radar, built by the Euroradar consortium
of EADS Defence Electronics, SELEX,
Galileo Avionica and Indra. EADS offi-
cials agree that one of the advantages
of AESA technology is the users ability
to exert several functions, such as radar
tracking and EW, at once. This versatil-
ity is one reason why EADS officials see
a huge potential in the implementation
of AESA technology.
The RAF will stand QRA with Typhoon
F2 aircraft in the Southern UK sector
this summer. The RAF independently
directed early CAS capability because of
the withdrawal of the Jaguar fleet and,
more importantly, the increasing likeli-
hood of a Typhoon deployment to the
Afghanistan theatre, currently served
by Harriers. According to RAF plans, the
first squadron will be ready to deploy to
Kandahar in the summer of 2008.
Encountering commloss airliners and
lost general aviation traffic over Europe
during QRA duty does not put much
strain on the DASS, but Afghanistan op-
erations may test whether EW engineers
have done their homework. The ESM sys-
tem and the towed decoys will not be in
high demand there, but the active Mis-
sile Approach Warner (MAW) and laser
warner may be tested when the aircraft
flies in the MANPADS envelope.
While the Typhoon is gaining momen-
tum in the countries that developed it,
export orders still remain in jeopardy.
The UK Serious Fraud
Office suspended in-
vestigations into the Saudi deal (po-
tentially up to 70 aircraft), but political
pressure to renew the investigations has
not ceased. This pressure could prompt
the Saudis to carry out their threat to
withdraw from the procurement.
In Austria, the first Typhoon pi-
lots have finished training, a training
simulator has been installed at Zeltweg
airbase and the first aircraft have un-
dergone flight tests. However, deliveries
may not take place later this year, as
planned. The current Austrian govern-
ment, which won the election last year
on an anti-Eurofighter ticket, seems to
have found a way out of the contract
amid allegations of wrongdoing by the
chief AF officer during the selection
process. Legal debates are ongoing, al-
though the Eurofighter consortium is
still confident that the 18-aircraft order
cannot be cancelled.
Gripen
The year 2006 was a significant one for
Gripen, as deliveries for the Hungarian air
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force (HuAF) began, and South Africa re-
ceived its first aircraft for in-country test-
ing. The Swedish air force participated in
last years Red Flag-Alaska exercise, and
its increasingly likely that the aircraft will
soon deploy on operational missions under
the European Union umbrella, assuming
that it receives permission from the tradi-
tionally careful Swedish government.
The HuAF aircraft were the first to
be delivered to an operational unit with
a working EWS 39 integrated EW suite,
manufactured by Saab. The aircraft of
the mixed Swedish contingent at the
Red Flag-Alaska event also carried the
full system, while engaging double-dig-
it threats and threat simulators on the
range with success. Some aircraft of the
Czech air force, which were delivered in
2005 without EWS 39, received the sys-
tem last year.
While the European operators have
a seemingly common configuration,
pictures of South Africas single test
aircraft reveal a different arrangement
of wingtip units (WTU), which include
quadrant RWR antennas. According to
Kenneth Svensson, product manager
at Saab Microwave Systems, improved
functions are currently being consid-
ered for EWS 39, including integration
of MAW, interferometric antenna arrays
for improved direction finding and geo-
location, improved jammer performance
and dispensing capability.
Hungary could not resist BOL dis-
pensers and signed a deal for them
last summer. They will be installed
in the Sidewinder/AMRAAM-capable
Common Rail Launchers (CRL) of the
Hungarian Gripens to supplement fu-
selage-installed BOP/C dispensers, thus
significantly increasing expendables
capacity. According to Svensson, final
BOL integration is ongoing on Austra-
lian F/A-18 aircraft. BOL technology
also is in the new BOA dispenser aimed
for civilian aircraft (special purpose
transport, VIP, etc.), as well as in a
modified version of the BOZ pod.
Meanwhile, Saab recently committed
itself to investing in an ambitious de-
velopment program to upgrade the Grip-
en airframe to fulfill both foreign and
future Swedish requirements. In April,
Norway, still undecided on whether to
invest in the F-35, Typhoon or Gripen,
announced its plan to aid this effort. A
Swedish parliamentary decision is ex-
pected by this summer. Informed sources
say a two-seater production aircraft will
be rebuilt as a development/technology
demonstrator aircraft. While high-pro-
file changes will take place on the air-
frame and engine, it is highly likely that
this platform also will be used to test
new EW configurations. These configu-
rations will utilize experience gained
in recent years with the Not Only Radar
(NORA) and Multifunctional Integrated
Defensive Avionics System (MIDAS) de-
velopment as part of the multi-sensor
integration 39 (MSI39) effort.
For the past three years, Saab
Microwave has been evaluating the
NORA AESA radars potential to perform
EW functions. The NORA can op-
erate in either a con-
ventional mono-pulse
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ration. We have had very good experience with very high reli-
ability on all units, said Svensson. This has been particularly
noticeable with the specially-developed AESA antenna by Ray-
theon and the newly-developed multi-channel exciter/receiver
unit based on compact receivers by Saab Microwave Systems.
The program also has been evaluating the multi-channel sys-
tem for detection and suppression of multiple jammers. Tests
have been performed in a compact antenna test range (CATR)
using mobile radar jammers.
The MIDAS is a concept for new EW systems with simulta-
neous ESM, ECM and communication capabilities. It was run
as a demonstrator program, and mainly funded by Swedens
Defence Material Administration (FMV) to demonstrate new
capabilities and technology for next-generation EW systems
in fighter aircraft. FMV flight tests were performed on MIDAS-
equipped Sabreliners from 2002-2004, and the program con-
cluded in 2005.
Rafale
The French governments Rafale program reached an impor-
tant milestone this past March, when the aircraft underwent
its baptism of fire over Afghanistan. Although Rafales saw
this theatre in 2002, during the early stages of the coalition
operations, the basic F1 standard Marine aircraft only per-
formed combat air patrol missions and did not provide close
air support (CAS) for ground forces. This time, the air forces
1/7 squadron, based in Provence, deployed to Tajikistan with
three F2 standard aircraft cleared to carry typical stores: GBU-
12 and -22 laser guided bombs. Operating simultaneously on
the Arabian Sea, the air wings of carrier Charles de Gaulle re-
ceived three F2 Marine versions, complementing nine F1s al-
ready deployed.
Besides modern RF detection and jamming modules, which
employ interferometric AOA techniques with an accuracy of
1 degree and have phased array active antennas that provide
compatible narrow beamwidth, the Spectra system from Thales
and MBDA also comprises optronic and laser warners. The DAL
(French for LWR) has three sensors that provide 360 azimuth
and 90 degrees elevation coverage against laser range find-
ers, designators and beam-riders. The DMM (French for missile
launch warner) is a dual-color sensor mounted on the top of a
fin, providing 360 degree azimuth cov-
erage. The DDM-NG
(French for new gen-
eration) is already in
production for new
F3 standard aircraft
and retrofits from
2008 to prevent parts of
the original DDM from becom-
ing obsolete. The DDM-NG also will pro-
vide new capabilities, like full-sphere
detection and high angular resolu-
tion, which are compliant with future
DIRCM installation.
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Marketed as an omnirole fighter
by manufacturer Dassault Aviation, the
Rafale is likely to fill an escort/support
jammer role in the future. For this role,
Thales has drawn up a new electronic at-
tack concept centered on a pod-mounted
standoff jammer with digital receivers,
an active phased array transmitter and
multi-bit DRFM techniques. The con-
cept and involved technologies were
first evaluated a few years ago in a Fal-
con 20-based CARBONE demonstration
program and, eventually, they may find
their way into European UAVs.
Tigre and NH90
As with fixed-wing programs, the
long-running European rotary-wing
developments are finally coming to
fruition, both operationally and commer-
cially. The Tigre attack helicopter first
entered service with the German and
French armies. Its EW system is built in
cooperation by Thales, EADS and MBDA.
Called TWE (Threat Warning Equipment),
it comprises of a direct wideband recep-
tion RWR that works in the E-K band with
instantaneous frequency measurement
(Thales), and band I-II laser detectors
mounted on the stub wing-tips (EADS).
Saphir-M dispensers capable of holding
two NATO-standard 32-cartridge pods
(MBDA) provide IR countermeasures. On
German aircraft, TWE is supplemented
with AN/AAR-60 MILDS missile warners,
and it is not unlikely that designers of
the French equivalent, the ALAT, will
look for a similar capability to make
their aircraft more survivable in todays
environment.
The NH90, which shares a similar
EW suite with Tigre, reached some im-
portant milestones this past year. Last
summer, Australia announced that it
bought another 34 NH90s (locally called
MRH90s) besides the 12 it signed for in
2005, and the first helicopter destined
for Australia made its maiden flight
in March of this year. Soon after, New
Zealand announced its purchase of nine
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procurement program. The NATO Heli-
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the Netherlands and Portugal. In Janu-
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signed orders to buy 45 TTH versions,
which will be assembled in-country at a
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Because of its success with the ALQ-
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especially through deployments to Af-
ghanistan and Iraq. The nature of these
operations has highlighted the risks
that low-flying aircraft, especially he-
licopters and wide-body transports, face
from MANPADS. While some of these
aircraft can rely on DIRCM systems to
protect them, most depend on flares.
Two UK flare manufacturers that have
increased production to meet these
needs are Chemring Countermeasures,
owned by Chemring Group PLC, and Wal-
lop Defence Systems, owned by Esterline
Technologies Corporation in the US. In
addition to manufacturing NATO-stan-
dard Magnesium Teflon Viton (MTV)
flares, these companies also manufac-
ture more advanced dual-spectral flares.
The demands of long-term operations
mean that both companies have healthy
order books.
Ground EW
On land, the French armed forces re-
cently began to field two important EW
systems from Thales. Station dAppui
Electronique de Contact (SAEC) is a
VAB-armored, vehicle-mounted tactical
SIGINT station with a self-deployable
antenna system capable of on-the-
move operations. The Force Protection
Jammer (FPJ) is a communication jam-
mer that works in the 20-50 MHz and
800-2500 MHz bands to cope with radio-
controlled IEDs or communications net-
works designed to set up an ambush a
common scenario facing troops in GWOT
operations.
Horizon
On the seas, a few programs dem-
onstrate the naval EW capabilities of
the European industry. The Sigen Con-
sortia from Thales and Elettronica is
the EW system for the Horizon frig-
ate. The system, which developers call
groundbreaking, is characterized by
latest-generation architecture and the
implementation of new digital and mi-
crowave technologies. According to
Thales, the radar ESM (RESM) compo-
nent will feature very high sensitivity
and accuracy direction finding, as well
as broadband digital receivers. The radar
jammer is based on phased array solid
state technology and will feature high
specific transmitted power, fast reac-
tion, multi-threat engagement capa-
bilities and complete programmability
of coherent and noncoherent jamming
techniques, due to the implementation
of multiple broadband DRFM units.
Thales officials say the company is
focusing on active phased array tech-
nologies for jammer applications for its
naval EW and other programs. The EW
system for the French ships is Sagems
New Generation Dagaie System (NGDS)
decoy launcher, which contains a pair
of two-axis launchers with 12 IR, RF or
acoustic decoys. Italian ships, on the
other hand, will employ Oto Melara/
Selex SCLAR-H decoy launchers for chaff
and IR decoy rounds. According to Tha-
les, trials are under way. Testing also
includes the Falcon 20 aircraft-based
ARPEGE NG EW testing system, which
can simulate anti-ship missiles.
FREMM
FREMM, the future French-Italian
frigate project, which builds on the ex-
perience gained from Horizon, will po-
tentially include up to 27 units. The first
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deliveries are expected in France in 2011
and in Italy in 2012. Systems include
Thales Artemis Infrared Search and
Track (IRST) system, which is based on
medium-wave staring focal plane arrays
and uses multiple static sensor heads
rather than mechanical scanning. As a
multi-role sensor, it is capable of detect-
ing incoming missiles as well. Like the
Horizon, French ships will receive NGDS
decoy launchers.
Type 45
The Royal Navys equivalent of the
Horizon, the Type 45, also has Thales
sensor equipment onboard. The com-
pany was awarded a contract by main
contractor BAE Systems to supply three
Radar Electronic Support Measure
(RESM) systems for the second batch of
the Royal Navys Type 45 destroyers. The
RESM is developed from Racals Outfit
UAT, but with new signal processing and
emitter identification technology. The
vessels will have the Royal Navys Outfit
DLH active naval offboard decoy system,
which includes the Siren decoy, an ex-
pendable radiating decoy against radar-
guided missiles from BAE Systems. The
destroyer also will be fitted with a Sha-
man Communications-band Electronic
Support Measures (CESM) system. The
Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) open
architecture Shaman systems are being
developed by BAE Systems C4ISR Net-
worked Systems & Solutions (NS&S).
Submarine EW
Another important naval EW devel-
opment is the Submarine Advanced Ra-
dar ESM Technology (SMART) program
for the Royal Navy, which the Navy
will utilize on its Trafalgar, Vanguard
and Astute class submarines. In April,
the company also received a contract to
upgrade RUBIS, the radar ESM used by
the French navys nuclear attack subma-
rines. Informed sources say the package
includes technology from FREMM with
superior capability in detection and
signal analysis, and will serve until the
next generation of submarines, called
Barracudas, enters the service.
An EW Company by Any Other Name...
After a decade of industry consoli-
dation, most of the company names
once associated with European EW have
changed. GEC-Marconi, Racal, Dassault
Electronique, Thomson-CSF, DASA and
CelsiusTech are all gone. These nation-
al EW manufacturers have been replaced
with transnational companies that keep
one eye on domestic programs, while le-
veraging the corporate resources needed
to reach an international market. Yet
throughout this period of change, the
technological progress of these compa-
nies has remained constant. Like their
US and Israeli counterparts, European
EW manufacturers are pursuing innova-
tions such as digital RWRs, AESA jam-
mers, laser-based DIRCM systems and
new flare materials. While it is unclear
how some programs, such as the Joint
Strike Fighter, will impact the European
EW market, the future of these compa-
nies is much brighter than it was just a
decade ago. a
Photos courtesy AgustaWestland, BAE Systems,
Dassault Aviation, Eurocopter, Eurofighter
GmbH, Gripen International, Northrop
Grumman and Rheinmetall Landsysteme.
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i n t e r v i e w
COL LAURI E MOE BUCKHOUT,
US ARMY CHI EF, EW DI VI SI ON, ASYMMETRI C WARFARE
OFFI CE DEPUTY CHI EF OF STAFF FOR OPERATI ONS ( G-3)
Recent operations in Iraq, particularly the difficult mission of countering insurgents successful use of deadly improvised explosive
devices (IEDs), helped convince US Army leaders that they needed to reinvigorate electronic warfare across their service. The Army had
allowed its EW capabilities to atrophy over the years. The other services, particularly the Navy, had to come to the Armys rescue in early
2006 by deploying hundreds of qualified EW officers (EWOs) to Iraq and Afghanistan to help coordinate the electronic jamming of IED
triggering devices by US ground forces using vehicle-mounted, counter radio-controlled IED EW (CREW) systems, which were interfering
with friendly communications and command-and-control systems. May marked the first anniversary of the creation of a new EW Division
under Colonel Laurie Buckhout within the Army Asymmetric Warfare Office. In creating the new organization a year earlier, Army Vice
Chief of Staff Gen Richard Cody directed it to make EW an enduring Army core competency, and to include establishing EWO career paths
and horizontally integrating the services EW capabilities. The new office also was tasked with defining an Army EW end-state vision and
force structure, and replacing the joint-service EWOs overseas with trained Army EWOs by March 2008. COL Buckhout, a career Signal
Corps officer who has commanded the 32nd Signal Battalion in Iraq and served on the Joint Staff, sat down with JED Senior Editor Glenn
Goodman at the Pentagon on the day of her EW Divisions birthday.
What is your organizations charter?
Our EW Division is the Armys
central focal point for coordinating
and synchronizing all things involv-
ing EW. Our job is to formulate EW
policy, validate and prioritize EW
requirements, allocate resources and
integrate EW missions, functions
and materiel solutions. The rest of
our charter is to fulfill the vision of
the chief of staff and the vice chief
to make EW something every soldier
from initial-entry privates all the
way up to senior officers is familiar
with. They all will eventually receive
some level of EW training.
What were some of your EW
Divisions accomplishments during its rst year?
One of the major things weve done is establish training
for Army EWOs to perform ground EW missions. With the help
of Army Training and Doctrine Command [TRADOC], we estab-
lished training courses for Army EWOs. We currently have a
three-week tactical course at Fort Huachuca, AZ, for EWOs at
battalion level and below, and a six-week operational course at
Fort Sill, OK, for EWOs at the brigade level and higher.
Leader training is significant and a big pillar we have to
achieve. In order to really use the EWOs in the right way, lead-
ers need to understand the value they bring to the organiza-
tion and the fact that they have to be smart, highly motivated
and trusted individuals. We are working on developing a func-
tional area qualification course so that officers and warrant
officers can get a more intense, more in-depth, longer period
of EW training. TRADOC is working on establishing an MOS
[military occupational specialty] for enlisted personnel. That
takes time to develop all the job tasks and to do the analysis
that goes into it. What we dont want to do is build an MOS
that doesnt offer upward mobility and
career progression. Its looking very
promising for the final development
of that MOS. We also expect to have a
more in-depth training school for non-
commissioned officers in place by the
end of this year.
We also want to leverage more of
the existing joint EW courses and EW-
related competencies within the other
services. One of our directives from
the vice chief is to keep our EW efforts
joint. The Army realizes that EW is not
something it does on its own; like most
missions today, we are closely tied to
the joint services. So we want to capi-
talize on their EW training and educa-
tion, materiel and operations so we all
can work together in a seamless joint EW environment.
GEN Cody directed that you operationalize Army EW as a
form of res. Why is this the right place to put it?
For decades, EW has largely been hidden from the opera-
tional warfighting Army, whose soldiers are out there deliver-
ing lethal effects on the enemy. They havent known much
about EW because it has been hidden in security classifications
where the primary warfighters cant necessarily access it, so
EW has been very mysterious to them. I believe what the vice
chief wants to do is to demystify it and put EW in the hands
of the combat warfighters the commanders of brigade combat
teams and divisions so they can understand what effects EW
can provide non-kinetically and sometimes non-lethally, and
thus [EW] might be more effective and less risky than using
kinetic weapons systems in some situations. Thats a big sea
change for Army EW because weve run it largely as an intel-
ligence-based operation for so long. EW will provide a new set
of capabilities in the maneuver commanders tool kit.
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i n t e r v i e w | COL Laurie Moe Buckhout
What is the role of the Army Proponent for EW in TRADOCs
Combined Arms Center [CAC] at Fort Leavenworth, KS?
That office builds the Armys EW requirements and assesses
them. It also is responsible for developing EW DOTMLPF [doc-
trine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and educa-
tion, personnel and facilities] solutions for ground EW. [It is]
building our new EW force structure, including the EWO billets
at different levels with personnel of different ranks, from bat-
talion on up. [It is] doing the painstaking analysis and legwork
required to do that.
We expect to have a validated force structure by March
2008. What we will not have at that point, given the time and
training required, are people filling all those jobs in that MOS
or that Functional Area or that warrant officer specialty, be-
cause that takes time. Billets will be in place for those per-
sonnel, and then we ll go through the personnel qualification
process to fill them.
The G-3, LT GEN [James] Lovelace, directed that every Army
unit deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan since January of this
year must have an Army-trained EWO at battalion level and
higher. That directive applies to transportation, supply, com-
munications and intelligence units as well, not just combat
arms.
Do you have enough EWOs to do that?
Were taking them out of hide right now until we can finish
filling out the new EW force structure institutionally. Each
commander selects someone from his unit to fill that duty, and
that individual completes the three-week and/or the six-week
course prior to deploying.
How many total new EWO billets does the Army plan to
create?
That has not been determined or finalized as yet. Right
now, I would say we will be adding several thousand EWO bil-
lets. Thats the kind of force structure target were shooting
for. Were a modular Army, so we want to make sure that all
the brigade combat teams are well-equipped with EWOs. But we
dont want to ignore the support units that also go in harms
way in the overseas theater. Transportation units and commu-
nications units, for example, spend a lot of time on the road
in convoys. Were going to provide one or more EWOs to every
type of Army unit, including aviation, that deploys to the the-
ater. The challenge is to ensure that we can have a sustainable
career progression for those who enter this exciting new EW
career field, while having enough EWOs to support the deploy-
ing organizations. TRADOC is working on those issues.
The Armys EW systems have been scattered across its
military intelligence, aviation, signal and eld artillery units.
Is this changing?
Some of the areas of Army EW are still physically sep-
arated, but they are becoming well-integrated now. At a
strategic level, the CAC is really our EW integrator in the
DOTMLPF environment. I am the EW integrator at the De-
partment of the Army and joint-services level. On the bat-
tlefield, however, military intelligence still plays a very
large role in EW in terms of performing electronic recon-
naissance and surveillance to find targets, and has power-
ful capabilities that were going to leverage. The integrator
for all those capabilities on the battlefield is really going
to be the fire support coordinator, who understands the
targeting process and the integration of fires, as well as
their effects. Two Navy Captain EWOs in Iraq integrated
themselves into an EW Coordination Center [EWCC] under
the Fire Support Coordination Center within the Multi-Na-
tional Force-Iraq, forging a concept of operations for how
we plan to operate with our EWOs. Were considering creat-
ing a fires cell for nonlethal effects in our brigade combat
teams. So we are bringing different EW elements together,
not necessarily physically by bringing them together to
one location to train, but organizationally by integrating
their effects to achieve a much better synergy of effort.
One of your ofces mandates is to integrate materiel
development and management for all EW systems. People in
the EW community say this will be your toughest challenge.
Whats your view?
Thats going to take some time. The good news is that the
senior Army leadership understands the need for that inte-
gration and supports me and our EW community in making
it happen, which is the first step. Its very hard to bring re-
sources to bear on a problem when you dont know the scope of
the problem; thats what were in the process of defining right
now. Where is everything in the Army? We dont have many
robust EW programs in the Army, but we do have some. We
need to look at our programs holistically and do a capabilities
gap analysis, so I can apply resources where they are needed.
In what areas are we missing capabilities, and where should we
have more that we dont?
Its not going to be easy to do, but we need to have a holis-
tic acquisition strategy that addresses Army EW at large. We
need to move beyond stovepiped systems. We need to have an
integrated, networked set of capabilities that will be interop-
erable and compatible with our Future Combat Systems com-
munications and battle command systems. In 10-15 years, my
successors shouldnt be dealing with small acquisition battles
whether to buy this or that. Our systems should be linked as
part of an overall strategy because they are all spectrum us-
ers and they all help the warfighter to achieve effects on the
enemy. Thats what we need to work toward.
We need not only to integrate Army ground and aviation EW
acquisition programs, but also to bring other promising pro-
grams, such as those for directed-energy systems, under our
EW umbrella. Right now, they exist in pockets in the Army, and
the leaders of those small development programs are coming to
me and asking to be under our umbrella because they under-
stand the synergy thats behind it and believe their systems
can offer us some powerful capabilities if given the greater
visibility and resourcing we can provide. a
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F
ollowing our March 2007 survey on anten-
nas, this months survey continues the pro-
gression by covering radar warning receivers
(RWRs), electronic support measures (ESM)
systems and electronic intelligence (ELINT)
receivers.
Many technology advances have occurred since JED
conducted a survey on RWR, ESM and ELINT receivers
back in 1995. The availability of higher sampling speed
analog-to-digital (A/D) converters has made the concept
of digital receivers a reality. Today we see RWR, ESM and
ELINT receivers configured with digital technology. This
has enabled manufacturers to design systems that of-
fer reduced weight and power, better measurement ac-
curacy and lower system and life-cycle cost. In fact,
these performance improvements, driven by the desire
for real-time situational awareness, have broken down
many of the distinctions that once separated RWR and
ESM systems.
The generation of RWR receivers listed in the 1995 sur-
vey tended to have fewer RF paths to meet weight, power
and cost requirements and therefore tended to provide
only coarse amplitude-based DF and range information
to the pilot. In addition, that generation of RWRs was
essentially designed to detect the lethal radar emissions
that were closely related to imminent missile launch.
And the problem was simplified, because most of these
lethal signals were persistent and easy to detect. Today,
in order to provide more accurate situation awareness
to the pilot, better DF or precision DF (PDF) and range
information is required, while also desiring detection of
not only the lethal signals but the early warning and ac-
quisition radar signals so the pilot can make engage and
avoid decisions well beyond the range at which the radar
system can detect the ingressing platform. The desire for
PDF and range drives the RWR toward multiple channels,
so a differential phase technique can be used to obtain
precision DF and range measurements. In addition, the
expanded threat list drives the RWR to more frequency
coverage and faster scanning techniques in order to pro-
vide an unambiguous identification with less data. With
the introduction of the digital receiver into the RWR,
these additional functions can be added into the same
footprint with little change in weight, power or cost.
The ELINT receiver tends to cover a larger total fre-
quency range than the typical RWR, and they serve a
slightly different purpose. The ELINT receiver usually
has an operator who can aid in the selection and analy-
sis of the signals observed in the environment. The op-
erator can be cued to a certain signal by other external
information or he can chose to observe signals he has
detected in the RF environment. The ELINT receiver does
not have the same real time identification and intent
determination requirement of an RWR, so it can dwell
on a signal for a longer period of time, and it can collect
a larger quantity of information on a signal for operator
or post mission analysis. RWR designers can analyze this
collected data to gain insight in support of better iden-
tification techniques.
Referring again to that 1995 JED survey, it listed
some new technologies that appeared promising but saw
a short life, as digital receivers became available and
provided similar capabilities at lower cost. Technologies,
such as surface acoustic wave (SAW) channelizers and
acoustic-optical (AO) channelizers, showed much po-
tential at the time. But they were quickly abandoned
as digital technology became faster, denser and more
economical. Today we can purchase multi-channel, VME-
form-factor, digital receiver modules with 500 MHz in-
stantaneous bandwidth and a field programmable gate
array (FPGA) farm that can be programmed by the user
to perform the desired detection function. With the an-
ticipated availability of 1-GHz instantaneous bandwidth
cards, all that is needed to create a digital receiver is an
RF tuner, along with some control and signal processing
software.
RWR/ESM/ELINT Sampling
The RWR/ESM/ELINT survey was sent to 45 compa-
nies. The responses had to address RWR/ESM/ELINT
receivers that make up a stand-alone systems and sub-
systems. Only information supplied by the survey re-
spondents was used in this compilation.
Next Months Survey
Our next survey will cover communications electronic
support (comms ES) receivers, communications intelli-
gence (COMINT) receivers and communications direc-
tion-finding (DF) systems. E-mail editor@crows.org to
request a survey. a
TECHNOLOGY SURVEY
SAMPLING OF RWR/ESM/ELINT RECEIVERS
By Ollie Holt
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MODEL TYPE FREQ INST SENSE TDR INSTDR
Applied Signal Technology, Inc., Allen, TX; (214) 547-4700; www.appsig.com
Pegasus wideband CHNLZ / DIG 500 MHz to 40 GHz 500 MHz -76 dBm to -92 dBm 73dB 60dB


Argon ST, Fairfax, VA; (703) 259-7357; www.argonst.com
NBS-2500 ELINT System Up to 4 nband 2-18 GHz wband: 500 MHz wband: -84 dBmi 60 dB to *
or wband receivers. (extnd 0.5-2 GHz 250 KHz - 80 MHz 80 dB
narrowband:
& 18-40 GHz)

WBR-2000 ESM System IFM 2-18 GHz * -65 dBm 60 dB *
(extnd 0.5-2 GHz
& 18-40 GHz)
EADS Deutschland GmbH, Ulm, Germany; +49 (731) 392-0; www.eads.com
Airborne Surveillance SHet / CHNLZ / 0.5-40/42 GHz up to 16 GHz -80 dBm 90 dB up to 60 dB
Intelligence System (ASIS) DIFM / DIG (Rx dep) (config dep)
EDO Reconnaissance and Surveillance Systems, Morgan Hill, CA; (408) 201-8000; www.edorss.com
ES 3701 Tactical Radar Phase DF / AutoHet 2-18 GHz * -65 dBm 60 dB 60 dB
ESM and Surveillance
System


AN/SLD 4 (V) 1 Tactical 14-bit, 2-18 GHz DIFM 2-18 GHz 50 MHz -65 dBmi 60 dB 60 dB
Radar ESM and
Surveillance System
Elbit Systems, Haifa, Israel; 972 4 8315315; www.elbit.co.il
Timnex II IFM / DFD 2-18 GHz * * * *
Elettronica S.p.A., Rome, Italy; +39 06 41541; www.elt-roma.com
ALR_733 family IFM C to J wide open high * high
SEAL family IFM / SHet / DIG C to J wide open & very high * very high
selectable SHet BW
ELT/160 family IFM E to J & K wide open medium * medium
ELT/740 family IFM / SHet C to J wide open & high * high
2 selectable BW
ELT 888 family multiband SHet / DIG B to J many selectable very high * very high
SHet BW
Elisra Electronic Systems Ltd., Bene Beraq, Israel; +972 3 6175522; www.elisra.com
AES-210 IFM .5-18 GHz * * * *
NS-9003A-V2 IFM / DIG * * * * *
SPS-65V-5 DIG * * * * *
SPS-1000V-5 IFM .5-20 GHz * * * *
Era Corporation, Alexandria, VA; +1 (703) 914-1430 / +1 421 461 004 150; www.erabeyondradar.com
VERA-RL SHet / CHNLZ / IFM / DIG 1-18 GHz 250/20 MHz -81/85 dBm 80 dB 60 dB
VERA-UHF/SIF SHet / CHNLZ / IFM / DIG 380-1000 MHz 16/4 MHz -86/88 dBm 80 dB 60 dB
and 1090 MHz and 28 MHz and -86 dBm
M/A-COM SIGINT Products, Hunt Valley, MD; (410) 329-7914; www.macom.com/sigint
SMR-3822 Wideband SHet sweeping 0.5-20 GHz 500 MHz -102 dBm, >90 dB *
Microwave Receiver extnd to 40 GHz
SMR-5550i Low Cost SHet set-on 0.5-20 GHz 100 MHz -80 dBm 60 dB *
Microwave Receiver extnd to 40 GHz
SMR-5800 Extended SHet set-on 0.5-40 GHz 100 MHz 0.5-18 GHz, -97 dBm 60 dB *
Tuning Range 18-26.5 GHz, -95 dBm
Microwave Receiver 26.5-40 GHz, -94 dBm
TU-3840 Wideband SHet sweeping or set-on 0.5-20 GHz 500 MHz -101 dBm 90 dB *
Microwave Tuner extnd to 40 GHz
TU-6401 Microwave SHet 0.5-18 GHz 500 MHz -99 dBm >90 dB *
VME Tuner extnd to 40 GHz
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DF CHNL PWR SIZE PLATFORM WEIGHT
Various config: AZ/EL Mono-Pulse scalable 6 to 24 90W (config dep) config dep air/grd/shp/sub 60-160lbs
Phase Interferometers to Phase/ (config dep)
Amplitude all TDOA capable
System as defined with a spinning * * Processor chassis grd/shp *
antenna. Can use amplitude, phase can be mounted in
and interferometer antennas. standard 19-inch
rack enclosure.
Amplitude, phase and interferometer * * 10.5 x 17 x 22 grd/shp/sub 75lbs
Amplitude, phase and time up to 4 150W per channel Arinc 600 stnd air/grd/shp/sub config dep
2 degree DF accuracy, circular 2 600W (system) Equipment rack grd-fix/shp/sub rec: 39 kg
interferometer, measures bearing (fits rec, sig proc server sig proc: 25 kg
angle, frequency, PRI, pulse width, & UPS): 43 x 22 x 32
amplitude, time of arrival, scan rate/
period, scan type & illumination time.
DF accuracy is 3 to 5 degrees; 2 280W (system) sig proc: shp sig proc: 40 kg
amplitude monopulse system 12.2 x 19 x 20
yes 8 * * shp *
Amplitude monopulse (4 to 8 antennas) * * 2 ATR air 46-71kg
Amplitude monopulse (4 to 8 antennas) * * n/a shp *
& TDOA
Amplitude monopulse (4 antennas) * * 1 ATR air 15-20kg
Amplitude monopulse (4 antennas) * * 2 ATR air 55kg
Steerable, monopulse & TDOA * * n/a grd/shp *
IFM * * * air/shp *
* * * * shp *
yes * * * air *
* * * * air *
TDOA 5 50W 168 x 87 x 89 grd/shp 15kg
TDOA 2 8W 168 x 87 x 89 grd/shp 8kg
Amplitude only 1 (exp) 185W 3.5 x 8.5 x 22.5 air/grd/shp/sub 27lbs
Amplitude only 1 (exp) 100W 1.75 x 17 x 20.16 air/grd/shp/sub 20 lbs
Amplitude only 1 (exp) 100W 1.75 x 17 x 23d air/grd/shp/sub 21lbs
Amplitude only 1 (exp) 160W 3.5 x 8.5 x 19 air/grd/shp/sub 24 lbs
Amplitude only 1 (exp) 65W VME 2 wide 6U h air/grd/shp/sub <7 lbs
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MODEL TYPE FREQ INST SENSE TDR INSTDR
MRCM GmbH, Ulm, Germany; (+34) 91 480 70 46; http://www.mrcm.net/
MRGR-ELINT-FD SHet / DIG 0.5 to 18 GHz 500 MHz -85 dBm / 55 plus 55 dB
pulses: 40 dB att.
-80 dBm,
-65 dBm
MRGR-800-STDMB218 DIG 2 to 18 GHz 16 GHz -65 dBm 60 dB 60 dB



RAFAEL Ltd., Haifa, Israel; 972 4 8793858; www.rafael.co.il
C-PEARL-DV DIG .5-40 GHz .5-40 GHz -65 dBm 80 dB 60 dB


Raytheon, Goleta, CA; (805) 879-2041; www.raytheon.com/ew
ALR-67(V)3 SHet / CHNLZ * 1.3 GHz * * *
Countermeasures
Receiving Set

ALR-69A(V) DIG CHNLZ C/J * Threat detection * *
beyond lethal range

Rockwell Collins, Richardson, TX; (443) 489-9255; www.rockwellcollins.com/ewsigint
CS-6040 Microwave SHet / DIG 0.1-20 GHz 500 MHz @ 1 GHz IF / Better than 125 dB 65 dB
Receiver 100MHz @ 160 MHz IF -90 dBm using built in
typical step attenuator
CS-5998 Ultra- SHet 0.5-18 GHz 2 GHz @ 3 GHz IF / Better than > 110 dB > 50 dB
Broadband Tuner 500 MHz @ 1GHz IF / - 90 dBm (band dep)
100 MHz @ 160 MHz IF typical
CS-6070 IFM Receiver IFM 2-18 GHz 2-18 GHz Better than 65 dB 65 dB
- 90 dBm
typical
Wideband Digital Receiver DIG 1 GHz 500 MHz Better than 70 dB 55 dB min
- 90 dBm
typical
CS-5111/RC-5800 SHet 0.4-18 GHz 500 MHz @ 1GHz IF / Better than 80 dB 80 dB
VME Microwave Tuners 85 MHz @ 160 MHz IF - 90 dBm
typical
Saab Avitronics, Jrflla, Sweden; +46 8 580 840 00; www.saabgroup.com
BOW Radar SHet / IFM 0.7-2, 2-18, 2-18 GHz IFM / -68 dBmi SHet / 70 dB 55 dB
Warning System 18-40 GHz 100 MHzm SHet -52 dBmi IFM
HES21 SHet / IFM / DIG 0.7-2, 2-18, 18-40 100 MHz SHet, 2-18 -68 dBmi, 70 dB 55 dB
GHz (SHet and IFM), GHz IFM / 500 MHz SHet and IFM /
2-18 GHz digital in 25 channels, digital -75 dBmi digital
Saab Avitronics, Centurion, South Africa; +27 12 672 6000; www.saabgroup.com
ESP Electronic SHet 0.5-18 GHz 100 MHz / 1 GHz -60dBmi 75 dB 60 dB
Surveillance Payload
IDAS Integrated IFM 0.7-40 GHz 4 GHz -54 dBmi 55 dB 40 dB
Defensive Aids Suite
Telemus, Inc., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; ++1 (613) 592-2288; www.telemus.com
EAGLE/ALR-508/OLR-14 wband SHet / DIG 0.5 to 18.25 GHz stnd / Pre-D IBW: 3, Better than 100 dB Log: Better
70 MHz to 40 GHz extnd 10, 25, 50, 100, -75 dBm than 70 dB /
500, 1000 MHz + Lin: Better
custom IBW than 50 dB
S-EAGLE/ULQ-508 wband SHet / DIG 0.5 to 18.25 GHz stnd / Pre-D IBW: 3, Better than 100 dB Log: Better
70 MHz to 40 GHz extnd 10, 25, 50, 100, -90 dBm than 70 dB /
500, 1000 MHz Lin: Better
+ custom IBW than 50 dB
TN-100 Series ES/ELINT wband SHet 0.375 to 20.00 GHz stnd / Pre-D IBW: 3, Better than Better than 70 dB
Receiver/Tuners 70 MHz to 40 GHz extnd 10, 25, 50, 100, -75 dBm 70 dB
500, 1000 MHz
+ custom IBW
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DF CHNL PWR SIZE PLATFORM WEIGHT
Amplitude only 2 2300W SHet rec: 238 x shp rec: 36kg /
550 x 290 (mm) / proc: 120kg
sens proc: 962 x
628 x 800 (mm)
Time 7 (1 omni 2000W ESM module: 250 x shp ESM Module: 42kg /
+ 6 goniometric) 387 x 632 (mm) / Console: 200kg
Console: 1600 x
628 x 1100(mm)
Phase (circular interferometer, opt multiple * One LRU cPCI format air/shp *
linear phase) and time (DTOA option),
mono-pulse phase interferometer
Amplitude (growth to phase/time 4 270W dig rec: 3.7 x 11.3 x air 79 lbs
DF planned) 13 / proc: 7.6 x
4.8 x 13.5 / quad
rec 6.2 x 1.7 x 7
Amplitude phase and time 4 100W 4 radar rec: 1.72 air 42 lbs
x 6.7 x 7.5 / 1 sig proc:
5 x 7.63 x 14.6
Amplitude, time 1 285W max 3.5 x 8.5 x 21.5 air/grd/shp/sub 25 lbs max

Amplitude 1 110W nominal 3.5 x 8.5 x 21 air/grd/shp/sub 18 lbs (8.2 kg)
no 1 30W 2 slot 6U VME air/grd/shp/sub 1.5kg
Amplitude only, phase, time 1 100W Single slot 6U VME air/grd/shp/sub 5lbs
Amplitude only, phase, time 1 120W 2 slot 6U VME air/grd/shp/sub 6.7lbs
Amplitude only 4 600 VA, * air *
whole system
Amplitude only, SHet and 4 700 VA, 300W * air *
IFM / Phase, digital for whole system
Phase 1 140W 13.5 x 7.6 x 3.4 air 16kg
Amplitude only 4 205W 13.5 x 7.6 x 5.0 air *
Spinning DF/Monopulse/ 1-8 (config dep) <1.0 kW for rec rec sys: 10.5 (6U) x air/grd/shp <110kg
Scanning Amplitude sys / <0.5 kW for 19 x 24 / ELINT server:
ELINT server 1.75 (1U) x 19 x 24 or
3.5 (2U) x 19 x 24
Spinning DF/Monopulse/ 1-8 (config dep) <1.0 kW for rec rec sys: 10.5 (6U) x air/grd/shp <100kg
Scanning Amplitude sys / <0.5 kW for 19 x 24 / ELINT server: entire sys
ELINT server 1.75 (1U) x 19 x 24 or
3.5 (2U) x 19 x 24
n/a 1-4 (config dep) <1.0 kW for rec rec sys 1U (1.75) h air/grd/shp <15kg
sys / <0.5 kW or 2U (3.5) h x 19
for ELINT server x 20-22
MODEL TYPE FREQ INST SENSE TDR INSTDR
THALES, Elancourt, France; +33 (0)1 34 81 75 93; www.thalesgroup.com
CATS (Compact Airborne IFM / SHet + DIG / E-J band / * -50 dBmi / 50 dB / 50 dB /
Threat Surveyor) Opt: Intrapulse / CHNLZ Opt: K, D, CD -80 dBmi 80 dB 80 dB
(w/ dig rec) (w/ dig rec) (w dig rec)


PETREL SHet / DIG C-J band various config -80 dBm 70 dB 60 dB
RESM / FREMM SHet / IFM / DIG C to J * 65 to -80 dBmi * 60 dB

VIGILE SHet / IFM / DIG C to J * -65 dBmi to * 60 dB
-75 dBmi

Wide Band Systems, Rockaway, NJ; +(973) 586-6500; www.widebandsystems.com
DFD #1 DFD #1 500-2000 MHz 2048 MHz -60 dBm * 70 dB (inst)
DFD #2 DFD #2 2000-18000 MHz 16384 MHz -60 dBm * 70 dB (inst)
IFM #1 IFM 50-500 MHz 512 MHz -60 dBm * 70 dB (inst)


IFM #2 IFM 2000-18000 MHz 16384 MHz -58 dBm * 70 dB (inst)


Superhet SHet 500-18000 MHz selectable * * *

MODEL
Name of product, product family or
model number
TYPE
Type of antenna:
Superhet = SHet
channelizer = CHNLZ
IFM = IFM
digital = DIG
other
FREQ
Operating frequency:
kHz, MHz or GHz
INST
Instantaneous Bandwidth, if different
from the Operating Frequency range.
SENSE
Typical Installed Sensitivity
TDR
Total Dynamic Range
INSTDR
Instantaneous Dynamic Range
DF
Does it support DF (direction finding) and
what technology?
amplitude only
phase
time
TDOA (time difference of arrival)
other
CHNL
Number of receiver channels (RF paths)
to create a complete system
PWR
Power dissipated in Watts per channel
SIZE
Antenna size in inches indicated by height
x width x length, or diameter:
h = height
w = width
l = diameter
m = meters
d = diameter
PLATFORM
air = airborne
grd = ground, mobile and ground, fixed
grd-fix = ground, fixed
grd-mob = ground, mobile
shp = shipboard
sub = submarine
subs = subsurface
sp = space
WEIGHT
Weight in oz/lb or kg
OTHER ABBREVIATIONS USED
config dep = configuration dependent
extnd = extends
nband = narrowband
wband = wideband
rec = receiver
proc = processor
dig rec = digital receiver
sig proc = signal processor
sens proc = sensor processor
stnd = standard
opt = option
TDOA/DTOA = time or direction of
arrival
* indicates answer is classified, not
releasable or no answer was given.
SURVEY KEY RWR/ESM/ELINT RECEIVERS
TECHNOLOGY SURVEY
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Amplitude only / Opt: Phase / multiple 144W Receiver Controller air 10kg
Time / Geolocation (basic config) Unit (RCU): 194 x 157 (basic config)
x 318 mm / Radar
Sensor Unit (RSU):
100 x 100 mm
Phase, time 2 (addtl opt) 600W (2 ch) 550 x 780 x 600 mm air/shp 50kg
Amplitude and Phase * * * shp 250kg
comparison DF
Amplitude and Phase * * compact air/grd/shp/sub 60kg (air) to
150kg (shp)
comparison DF
n/a n/a 27.5W max ~7.4 x 6 x 1.25 * 5 lbs max
n/a n/a 27.5W max ~10 x 6 x 2 * 8 lbs max
Amplitude only 1 omni, up to 35W max (no DF) / 10.4 x 6.6 x 4 (no DF) / * 12 lbs max (no DF) /
5 DF channels 75W max (w/ DF) 12 x 7 x 8 (w/ DF) / 30 lbs max (w/ DF)
3U chassis opt
Amplitude only 1 omni, up to 35W max (no DF) / 10.4 x 6.6 x 4 (no DF) / * 12 lbs max (no DF) /
5 DF channels 90W max (w/ DF) 12 x 7 x 8 (w/ DF) / 30 lbs max (w/ DF)
3U chassis opt
* * 150W max 19 x 20 x 5.5 * 40 lbs max
(3U chassis)
August 2007 Product Survey: Expendables and Decoys
This survey will cover expendables, flares, decoys and their dispensers. Please e-mail editor@crows.org to request a survey.
OTHER COMPANIES
This reference list includes websites for additional companies in the field that were unable to provide survey information due
to security constraints or publication deadlines, or that declined to participate.
Company Name Website
Aeronix ........................................................................................................................ www.aeronix.com
Altera ........................................................................................................................... www.altera.com
AR Worldwide ............................................................................................................... www.arww.com
Avalon Systems ............................................................................................................. www.avalon.com.au
BAE Systems ................................................................................................................. www.na.baesystems.com
Bharat Electronics ......................................................................................................... www.bel-india.com
Coherent Systems .......................................................................................................... www.coherentsys-newtown.com
DRS .............................................................................................................................. www.drs.com
IAI Elta ........................................................................................................................ www.iai.co.il
Eonic ............................................................................................................................ www.eonic.com
General Dynamics AIS ................................................................................................... www.gd-ais.com
ITT Electronic Systems .................................................................................................. http://es.itt.com
Lockheed Martin Systems Integration ............................................................................ www.lockheedmartin.com/si
Mid-Atlanta RF Systems ................................................................................................. www.midatlanticrf.com
Mikes ........................................................................................................................... n/a
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems ........................................................................... www.es.northtropgrumman.com
Selex SAS ..................................................................................................................... www.selex-sas.com
Sierra Nevada ................................................................................................................ www.sncorp.com
Syracuse Research Corp ................................................................................................. www.syrres.com
Tadiran Electronic Systems ............................................................................................ www.tadsys.com
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products
AES-256 DATA ENCRYPTION RECORDING SYSTEM
The AES-256 Data Encryption Recording System adds to the
VMETRO series of data recording and playback systems. Based
on VMETROs Vortex Open Data Recording platform, the AES-
256 is designed
for ELINT and
general EW appli-
cations. AES-256
encryption allows
for data to be en-
crypted during
storage, thereby protecting classified data against unauthor-
ized use. The recording system collects data over an I/O PMC,
then can either encrypt and record it to JBOD or RAID storage
devices, transmit it to a workstation, or play it from storage
to a workstation with AES-256 decryption. Other features in-
clude a Web browser, providing a single interface for multiple
actions, and software available in source code. VMETRO, Inc.
Houston, TX, www.vmetro.com.
D5000 SERIES WITH MODULAR SIGNAL
INTERFACING
The single-box D5000 Series data system includes inter-
changeable cartridges and multiple interfaces. It is designed
for sensor data acquisition in both airborne and mobile envi-
ronments. The recording/reproducing system has a 256 Mbit/s
total data rate, and offers three media storage options, tape,
disk and solid state drive. It has three high-speed interfaces,
a standard SCSI, a FireWire and a Gigabit Ethernet, which
download and distribute collected data. The D5000 main-
frame includes three signal module slots, and displays up to
75 channels at once for SIGINT/EW operations. Other features
include automatic self-monitoring software, a 10 MHz refer-
ence clock, an IRIG time code reader/generator and a remote
control. Zodiac Data Systems, Inc., Belmar, NJ, www.zds-us.com.
WIDEBAND FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER
Wide Band Systems
has introduced a wide-
band frequency synthe-
sizer that is aimed at
the SIGINT/EW market.
It operates from 2.0-18
GHz, with a 3-micro-
second tuning time, and
has a volume of 334.3
cc. The synthesizer re-
quires 18 Watts of DC
power and produces a clean, accurate RF output spectrum. Its
high accuracy and fast acquisition time, made even faster by
its switching speeds, allow for efficient receiver tuner collec-
tion of emitter signals. The unit is also useful as a local oscilla-
tor (LO) in SIGINT missions. Wide Band Systems, Inc., Rockaway,
NJ, www.widebandsystems.com.
DR8100 PORTABLE DATA RECORDER
The DR8100 from Rising Edge Technologies is a dual drive,
portable recorder. It is designed with analog and digital I/O re-
cording and playback systems, and can record up to 100 MB/s.
Its high-speed recording technology and compact size allow for
use in SIGINT/EW applications. The recorder features a remov-
able, 600 GB disk pack, a GUI browser and an internal clock
that dictates the rate at which signal files play back to users.
Rising Edge Technologies, Herndon, VA, www.risingedge.com.
GALLIUM NITRIDE POWER AMPLIFIER
Aethercomm has introduced a broadband, Gallium Nitride
power amplifier that operates from 0.5-3.0 GHz. It offers high
power over a multi-oc-
tave bandwidth, and is
designed for broadband
jamming and commu-
nication systems in
military environments.
The amplifier has a base
plate temperature of 85C
and a 10.0 dB typical
noise figure, with 35 dB
of RF gain and a minimum of 50 Watts of RF output power. It
is housed in a 7.0 x 9.0 x 1.5 package with SMA connectors,
and other connectors can be added for airborne operations.
Aethercomm, San Marcos, CA, www.aethercomm.com.
ECHOTECK ECV4-2
The ECV4-2 is the latest in the Echotek series of mixed-sig-
nal modules. Powered by a Virtex-4 based wideband digital
receiver in a PMC/XMC form factor, it detects analog signals
and digitizes and converts them, maintaining their original
quality as required in radar, SIGINT and ELINT communica-
tions. In the ECV4-2 family, there are more than a dozen vari-
ants; each is equipped with I/O connectivity and specific A/D
or D/A converters. ECV4-2 also includes an input clock capa-
bility up to 1.5 GHz, and modules available in air-cooled or
conduction-cooled versions. Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.,
Chelmsford, MA, www.mc.com.
SIGNAL ANALYSIS TOOL/GRAPHICAL USER
INTERFACE (SAT/GUI)
Rockwell Collins has introduced the Signal Analysis Tool/
Graphical User Interface (SAT/GUI), a modern, flexible inter-
face specifically designed for ELINT operations. The interface
is intended for easier navigation, as it allows its users to re-
position and resize database windows, and save and quickly
restore window arrangements. The SAT/GUI supports both
manual and automatic operation modes. With the interface,
users can manually conduct data identification or statistical
analysis, and it automatically provides situational awareness
through data collection. Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, IA,
www.rockwellcollins.com.
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W
e Crows are familiar with the EC-130H Compass Call and its impressive ability to jam enemy com-
mand and control systems, and we know EC-130s have participated in every significant combat
operation US forces have been involved in for nearly two decades. Now, thanks to a book by
former Compass Call crew dog Robert Stanek, readers can ride along with Stanek and his Grey
Lady Compass Call crew during 32 combat missions from January to March 1991, during Opera-
tion Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.
Based on the authors daily diary, Stormjammers: The Extraordinary Story of Electronic Warfare Operations in
the Gulf War, published in 2006, allows the reader to experience the hours of boredom punctuated with moments
of terror that are typical of combat flying. Although the many of the stories
are somewhat repetitive, this is what Compass Call life is like, and
the book quickly becomes hard to put down. Even though the reader
can anticipate what a mission will be like, the tedium gives over to
an adrenalin rush of anticipation when things begin to happen. It is
impossible not to share the relief and pride of the individual crew mem-
bers when the attack missions they protect exit Iraq safely because the
Iraqi air defenses command and control nets were completely defeated
by Compass Calls powerful, targeted jamming.
Stanek, whose Gulf experiences are given credit for launching his
successful career as an international writer, bookends his story by relat-
ing a gut-wrenching experience many of us can relate to, telling ones
wife that you are off to war. He shares arriving in Turkey to temporary
quarters (old military classrooms) that quickly began to smell like an
old sweat sock, getting to the showers before the hot water runs out, as
well as the joy of finding out that the commissary got a shipment of real
steaks and trying to coordinate a mission to get there while they last.
Another side of the book lets the reader ride along when Staneks EC-
130H has two engines quit in the war zone, and just when bailing out
seems a certainty milking the hobbled airplane back to base only to have
to argue with the tower over who has the worse emergency, Grey Lady or
the aircraft critically low on fuel just ahead of it. There are also the mis-
sions when AWACS, the key to Compass Calls protection, had to bug out
because of maintenance problems, and the entire crew gives a thumbs-up
to stay on station and continue their protective mission even though the
risk is much, much higher. Stanek also talks about what it is like to listen
in, from his unique radio-monitoring position, and hear the final screams of
the enemy as they are attacked by missions made possible by the Compass
Call. Kernan Chaisson
Stormjammers, by Robert Stanek, is an RP Books Regent Press book published by Virtual Press, Inc., in 2006.
ISBN 1-57545-083-6.
b o o k
revi ew
STORMJAMMERS:
The Extraordinary Story of
Electronic Warfare Operations
in the Gulf War
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E
lectronic Warfare (EW) is
the art and science of deny-
ing an enemy the benefits
of the electromagnetic spec-
trum while preserving those
benefits for friendly forces.
This, of course, means the whole spec-
trum. In this series, we will be focusing
on part of the spectrum most commonly
used for tactical communications. We
take tactical communication to be more
than military point-to-point radio com-
munication; it also includes command
and data links between base stations
and remote military assets, broadcast
transmissions to multiple receivers and
remote detonation of weapons.
We will start with a brief review of
radio propagation in VHF, UHF and low
microwave bands. Then, we will cover
some principles and examples of elec-
tronic support (ES), electronic attack
(EA) and electronic protection (EP) in
those bands.
One Way Link
The most dramatic difference be-
tween EW against radars and EW against
communications is that radars typically
use two-way links that is the trans-
Communications
Electronic Warfare
Part 1
By Dave Adamy
mitter and receiver are generally (but
not always) in the same location, with
transmitted signals reflecting from tar-
gets. In communications systems, the
transmitter and receiver are in different
locations. The purpose of communica-
tion systems of all types is to take in-
formation from one location to another.
Thus, communication uses the one-
way communications link as shown in
Figure 1.
The one-way link includes a trans-
mitter, a receiver, transmit and receive
antennas, and everything that happens
to the signal between those two anten-
nas. Figure 2 is a diagram that repre-
sents the one-way link equation. The
abscissa of this diagram is not to scale;
it merely shows what happens to the
level of a signal as it passes through the
link. The ordinate is the signal strength
(in dBm) at each point in the link. The
transmitted power is the input to the
transmit antenna. The antenna gain is
shown as positive, although in practice
any antenna can have positive or nega-
tive gain (in dB). It is important to add
that the gain shown here is the antenna
gain in the direction of the receiving
antenna. The output of the transmit
XMTR
RCVR
INPUT
INFO
OUTPUT
INFO
antenna is called the effective radiated
power (ERP) in dBm. Note that the use
of dBm units is not really correct; in fact
the signal at this point is a power den-
sity, properly stated in v/m. However,
if we were to place a theoretical ideal
isotropic antenna next to the transmit
antenna (ignoring the near field issue)
the output of that antenna would be
the signal strength in dBm. Using the
artifice of this assumed ideal antenna
allows us to talk about signal strength
through its whole link in dBm without
converting units, and is thus commonly
accepted practice. The EW 101 in the
January 2007 JED has the formulas to
convert back and forth between signal
strength in dBm and field density in
v/m.
Between the transmit and receive
antennas, the signal is attenuated by
the propagation loss. We will talk about
the various types of propagation loss in
detail starting next month.
The signal arriving at the receiving
antenna does not have a commonly used
symbol, but we will call it P
A
for conve-
nience in some of our later discussions.
Because P
A
is outside the antenna, it
should really be in v/m, but using the
same ideal antenna artifice, we use the
units dBm. The receiving antenna gain
is shown as positive, although it can be
either positive or negative (in dB) in real
world systems. The gain of the receiving
antenna shown here is the gain in the
direction of the transmitter.
The output of the receiving antenna
is the input to the receiver system in
dBm. We call it the received power (P
R
).
The one-way link equation gives P
R
in
terms of the other link components. In
dB units, it is:
Figure 1: A one-way communication link includes a transmitter, a receiver, two antennas and
everything that happens between those antennas.
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P
R
= P
T
+ G
T
L + G
R
Where: P
R
= the received signal power
in dBm
P
T
= the transmitter output power in
dBm
G
T
= the transmit antenna gain in dB
L = the link loss from all causes in
dB
P
R
= the transmitter output power in
dBm
In some literature, the link loss
is dealt with as a gain, which is, of
course, negative (in dB). When this no-
tation is used, the Propagation Gain is
added in the formula rather than sub-
tracted. In the EW 101 columns, we will
consistently refer to loss as a negative
number in dB, and therefore subtract
loss in link equations.
In linear (i.e., non-dB) units, this
formula is:
P
R
= (P
T
G
T
G
R
) / L
The power terms are in Watts, kilo-
watts, etc and must be in the same
units. The gains and losses are pure
(unitless) ratios. Because the link loss is
in the denominator, it is a ratio greater
than 1. In subsequent discussions, the
loss formulas both in dB and in linear
form will consider loss to be a positive
number.
Figures 3 and 4 show important in-
stances where one-way links are used
in electronic warfare. Figure 3 shows a
communication link and a second link
from the transmitter to an intercept re-
ceiver. Note that the transmit antenna
gain to the desired receiver and to the
intercept receiver may be different.
Figure 4 shows a communication link
and a second link from a jammer to the
receiver. In this case, the receiving an-
tenna may have different gain toward
the desired transmitter and the jammer.
Each of the links (in both figures) has
the elements shown in the diagram of
Figure 2.
Whats Next
Next month, continuing our discus-
sion of communications EW, well cover
propagation losses. For your comments
and suggestions, Dave Adamy can be
reached at dave@lynxpub.com. a
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Figure 4: When a communication signal is jammed, there is a link from the desired transmitter to
the receiver and a link from the jammer to the receiver.
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BOD VOTE NEXT MONTH
associ ati on news
The AOC will hold its election of
national board members beginning
July 1 and ending July 31. One-third
of the BOD positions three At Large
Directors, International II and South-
ern Pacific Region will be contested
on this years ballot. The slate of 2007
candidates is as follows:
For At Large Directors (three
positions):
Dave Hime
Kenneth Parks
Matthew Smith-Meck
Mark Ashton
Andy Dichter
Lee Simmonetta
Hal Gershanoff
Wes Heidenreich
Roy G. Saffold
For International II Region Director:
Gerry Whitford
For Southern Pacic Region Director:
Vince Battaglia
Mark Schallheim
A complete election guide, includ-
ing candidate biographies, will be
available in the July JED, in the on-
line ballot and on the paper ballot.
As with last years election, AOC
members can vote on-line or via paper
ballot.
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AOC audited financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2006, are now available for AOC Members to view by log-
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE
2007 On-Line Voting
Instructions
The 2007 AOC Annual Election will
begin on July 1 and end July 31.
Go to the AOC website at www.crows.
org.
Click the AOC Annual Election but-
ton. This will take you to an entry
page. When you have read the in-
structions you will be redirected to
the electionsonline.us website.
Once at the electionsonline.us web-
site you will be asked to enter your
AOC Member Number and personal
password as described below.
If you have registered on the AOC
website before June 25, you will have
established a personal password. Use
this password to log into your ballot.
If you have not yet registered on the
AOC website your Username will be
your AOC Member Number and your
Password will be crows. (Note that
crows is all lowercase letters.) If
you logged into the AOC website and
established a personal password after
June 25, you will need to call the AOC
so that your ballot may be activated
manually. Once you have logged in
you will have access to your ballot.
On the ballot you will see your choic-
es for At Large Directors. You may
vote for any three candidates for At
Large Director. If you are in a region
that is voting for a Regional Director
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this year, your ballot will also allow
you to vote for one candidate for
the AOC Director from your Region.
Once you have made your voting
selections, hit the Submit ballot
button at the bottom of the bal-
lot. This will take you to a review
screen where you can see the vot-
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If you wish to change your voting
selection hit the Return to ballot
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voting selection and repeat the
process.
If you are happy with your voting
selection, hit the Submit ballot
button again. Once you hit the Sub-
mit ballot button again your vote
is final and cannot be changed.
If you have any difficulty logging
into the AOC or electionsonline.us
websites or if you have any difficulty
voting please call the AOC Election
Headquarters at (703) 549-1600 and
ask for Andrew Schappert.
PAPER BALLOT
Paper ballots can be requested
from AOC Headquarters any time af-
ter June 1 and before July 1. All pa-
per ballots must be received by the
election coordinator before July 31.
Please contact AOC Headquarters at
(703) 549-1600 or visit the AOC web-
site a www.crows.org. a
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A O C a s s o c i a t i o n n e w s
WANTED:
CONFERENCE
COORDINATORS
The Association of Old Crows (AOC) is
looking for retired Crows with expertise
in such areas as AEA, Battle Manage-
ment, Command and Control Warfare,
JSEAD, Threat, NTISR, UAV Payloads,
SIGINT, Space EW and Spectrum Man-
agement to be part-time conference co-
ordinators. These individuals will assist
in the development and direction of in-
dividual AOC electronic warfare-related
conferences.
Applicants must be skilled in senior
leadership interaction, have excellent
organizational abilities, and have direct
experience in electronic warfare and
related fields. The successful applicant
must be highly motivated, possess ex-
cellent communication skills, and have
the ability to inform and work harmo-
niously with an active volunteer board,
committees and headquarters staff.
Also, experience in defense electronics
with government, industry, academia or
at a Service level is required.
Experience in non-profit organiza-
tions and understanding of Congres-
sional and Executive Branch operations
are each a plus. Salary commensurate
with experience. Must be a US citizen
and eligible to hold a security clearance.
Resume and references should prefera-
bly be e-mailed to vittoria@crows.org,
or can be mailed to: Association of Old
Crows, 1000 N. Payne St., Alexandria, VA
22314. a
STRATEGIC ROOST MEMBERS JUDGE
SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE
Our appreciation goes out to StratRoost members Rich Dale, Brian Carney and
Major Mohan Krishna for their work as judges at the Greater Nebraska Science and
Engineering Fair held at Nebraska City High School on March 24.
In addition to providing judges, the Roost also awarded prizes of US Savings
Bonds and AOC Student Memberships to students presenting the top two tech-
nical exhibits in the Senior High Division and the top technical exhibit in the
Junior High Division. This year, competition was so keen that a tie was declared
in Junior High Division, resulting in Co-1st Place Awards being given. In addition,
three Honorable Mentions in the Senior High Division and one Honorable Mention
in the Junior High Division also received AOC Student Memberships. Major Mo
Krishna, StratRoost newsletter editor, presented the award certificates at Ne-
braska City on April 25.
SENIOR HIGH DIVISION
1st Place: Keshav Rao, Brownell-Talbot School
$500 U.S. Savings Bond
2nd Place: Nick Kinzer, Lakeview High School
$250 US Savings Bond
Honorable Mention: Christopher Chochon, Lakeview High School
AOC Student Membership
Honorable Mention: Madison Grinnell, Brownell-Talbot School
AOC Student Membership
Honorable Mention: Tony Jacobsen, Laurel-Concord High School
AOC Student Membership
JUNIOR HIGH DIVISION
Co-1st Place: Kara Einspahr, St. John Lutheran
$100 US Savings Bond
Co-1st Place: Brett Sasse, Lourdes Central Catholic
$100 US Savings Bond
Honorable Mention: Zach Rasmussen, Wayne Middle School
AOC Student Membership
Major Mo Krishna (far
right) with award
winners, left to right:
Nick Kinzer ($250
savings bond), Keshav
Rao ($500 savings
bond) and Laura
Johnson (Army and
AF certificates winner,
Newman Grove Public
School).
Major Mo Krishna presents AOC Student
Membership to Zach Rasmussen.
Send us Your
AOC News!
E-mail your news, events,
awards and photos to
editor@crows.org.
Visit www.crows.org for
even more AOC News.
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A O C a s s o c i a t i o n n e w s
Editorial AD
AOC JobBoard
4/c
pg 67
TIDEWATER CHAPTER AWARDS
SCHOLARSHIP
The Tidewater Chapter recently acknowledged the areas lat-
est scholarship winner, SSgt Alexander C. Wilson.
SSgt Alexander C. Wilson is currently a Server Management
Technician in the 83rd ACC Communications Squadron sta-
tioned at Langley AFB. His primary major for undergraduate
baccalaureate degree is in computer information systems and
he is enrolled at Park University.
SSgt Wilson is a John Levitow Leadership Award winner,
presented to the top professional military education graduate
from Air Force Airman
Leadership School. He
has also been Airman
of the Quarter, and is a
Microsoft Certified Sys-
tem Engineer. He plans
to use his degree in the
Information Technology
(IT) career field. a
Mr. Dick Slye, Tidewater
Scholarship Co-Chair, and
SSgt Alexander C. Wilson.
ARMY EW CELEBRATES A YEAR
COL Howard Rudat, Chief of the IED Defeat Division, and
COL Laurie Buckhout, Chief, Electronic Warfare Division,
Army Asymmetric Warfare Office, blow out candles on an
elaborate birthday cake. The Army celebrated the one-year
anniversary of its EW and IED Defeat Divisions at the Pen-
tagon May 3. The Army is in the midst of a massive effort
to built EW as a core competency for career officers and
soldiers. Read an interview with COL Buckhout on page 46
to learn about the programs progress. a
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With
its focus
on companies
and professionals
in the elds of
electronic warfare and
information operations,
the AOC Career Center offers
its members, non-members and
the industry at large an easy-to-
use and highly targeted resource for
online employment connections.
For Job Seekers:
FREE and condential resume posting
Job search control
Easy job application
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For Employers:
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Easy online job management
Rsum searching access
Build better company awareness
Begin shaping your
professional future
now at www.jobs.crows.org
VISIT THE
NEW AOC JOB
BOARD at
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Agilent Technologies
BAE SYSTEMS
The Boeing Company
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EDO Corporation
Electronic Warfare
Associates, Inc.
Elettronica, SpA
General Dynamics
ITT Industries, Inc.
Northrop Grumman
Corporation
Raytheon Company
Rockwell Collins
Saab Avitronics
Thales Communications
Thales Aerospace Division
GROUP
AAI Corporation
ACQIRIS USA
Aculight Corporation
Advanced Concepts
Advanced Testing
Technologies Inc
Aethercomm, Inc.
Akon, Inc.
Alion Science and
Technology
Anaren Microwave, Inc.
Annapolis Micro
Systems, Inc.
ARINC, Inc.
Aselsan A.S.
ATDI
ATK Missile Systems
Company
Avalon Electronics, Inc.
Avalon Systems Pty Ltd.,
Australia
Blackhawk Management
Corporation
Comtech PST
Crane Aerospace &
Electronics, Electronics
Group
Cubic Defense
CyberVillage
Networkers Inc.
Defence R&D Canada
Defense Research
Associates Inc.
DRS EW & Network
Systems, Inc.
DRS EW & Network
Systems (Canada)
DRS Signal Recording
Technologies
DRS Technologies
Sustainment Systems
DRS Training and Control
Systems, Inc.
Dynetics, Inc.
Elcom Technologies, Inc.
Electro-Metrics
Elisra Electronic
Systems, Ltd
ELTA Systems Ltd
EMS Technologies Inc.
Epoch Software
Systems Inc.
ESL Defence Limited
Esterline Defense Group
EW Simulation
Technology Ltd
EWA-Australia Pty Ltd.
Field Aviation
Company Inc.
Filtronic Signal Solutions
Foster-Miller Inc.
Honeywell International
Horrigan Analytics
ITCN, Inc.
Jabil Circuit
JB Management, Inc.
JT3, LLC
KOR Electronics, Inc.
L-3 Communications
L-3 Communications
Cincinnati Electronics
L-3 Communications/
Randtron Antenna
Systems
Lockheed Martin
Lorch Microwave
LNX
M/A-COM
MacAulay-Brown
MC Countermeasures, Inc.
MegaPhase
MiKES Microwave
Electronic Systems Inc.
MITEQ, Inc.
The MITRE Corporation
Monteria, LLC
MRSL
Multiconsult Srl
Multispectral Signature
Services, Inc
New World Solutions, Inc.
Northrop Grumman PRB
Nurad Technologies, Inc
Oerlikon Contraves AG
Ortel division of EMCORE
Overwatch Systems Ltd.
Phoenix International
Systems, Inc.
Plath, GmbH
QUALCOMM
Rafael-Electronic
Systems Div.
Raven Inc.
Research Associates
of Syracuse, Inc.
Rising Edge Technologies
Rohde & Schwarz
GmbH & Co. KG
RUAG Holding
Science Applications
International
Corporation
SELEX Sensors and
Airborne Systems
Siemens Schweiz AG
Sierra Nevada Corporation
Simulation
Technologies, Inc.
Sivers IMA AB
Sunshine Aero Industries
SURVICE Engineering Co.
Symetrics Industries, LLC
Sypris Data Systems
Syracuse Research
Corporation
SystemWare Inc.
T. Bear Larson &
Associates, Inc.
Tactical Technologies Inc.
Tadiran Electronic
Systems Ltd.
Tech Resources, Inc.
TECOM Industries
TELEMUS
TERMA A/S
Thales Components Corp.
Times Microwave Systems
TRAK Microwave
TRIASYS Technologies
Corp.
Vigilance
VMETRO Inc
xwave Solutions, Inc.
ZEL Technologies, LLC
AOC Industry Members
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Editorial AD
Membership
1/2h
pg 68
BECOME A CORPORATE MEMBER
Sign up now to become a corporate member and receive a discount on exhibit space at the AOC National
Convention in Orlando. Exhibit space is selling quickly. For more information on corporate membership visit
our website at www.crows.org or contact Glorianne ONeilin at oneilin@crows.org or (703) 549-1600.
MEMBER TYPE ANNUAL FEE SPONSORED MEMBERS
SUSTAINING (ANY SIZE) $3,000 30
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MEDIUM (50-399 Employees) $1,000 15
SMALL (10-49 Employees) $500 10
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(Company size determines fee except for
sustaining members)
AOC CORPORATE MEMBER BENEFITS
Opportunity to designate key employees for AOC membership
Reduced rates for exhibit space at the AOC National Convention
Free company narrative annually in the Journal of Electronic Defense (JED)
Names of industry members will appear in each issue of JED
Industry sponsored members receive discount for courses, and technical symposia
Strengthened industry/association/government coalition
Nonpartisan government relations
Highly ethical forum for free exchange of information
Expanded participation in professional activities
Valuable professional contacts in industry and government
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(ISSN 0192-429X), is published monthly
by Naylor, LLC, for the Association of Old
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Periodicals postage paid at Alexandria,
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Aethercomm ........................................................ www.aethercomm.com ...............................25
AKON, Inc. ............................................................ www.akoninc.com .....................................31
Anaren Microwave Inc. ........................................ www.anaren.com .......................................24
Applied Signal Technology, Inc. ........................... www.appsig.com ........................................57
Aselsan Inc. ......................................................... www.aselsan.com.tr ...................................23
BAE Systems ........................................................ www.baesystems.com .... 70, inside back cover
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems ..................... www.boeing.com/ids/ .........inside front cover
Booz Allen Hamilton ............................................ www.boozallen.com .................................... 5
CAP Wireless ........................................................ www.capwireless.com.................................19
Cobham Defense Electronic Systems .................... www.cobhamdes.com ........................... 36, 37
Comtech PST Corp. ............................................... www.comtechpst.com ................................40
Crane Aerospace & Electronics ............................. www.craneae.com/electronics ....................41
Dielectric Laboratories, Inc. ................................ www.dilabs.com .......................................... 7
DRS Codem Systems, Inc. ..................................... www.drs-cs.com .........................................14
EDO Reconnaissance & Surveillance Systems ....... www.edorss.com ........................................29
Elcom Technologies .............................................. www.elcom-tech.com .................................20
Elettronica SpA .................................................... www.elt-roma.com .....................................17
Era Corporation .................................................... www.erabeyondradar.com ..........................48
EW Simulation Technology Ltd. ........................... www.ewst.co.uk .........................................11
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Hittite Microwave ................................................ www.hittite.com ........................................59
IAI ELTA Systems Ltd. .......................................... www.iai.co.il .............................................45
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MRCM GmbH......................................................... www.mrcm.net ........................................... 8
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Raytheon Company .............................................. www.raytheon.com ........... outside back cover
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Saab Avitronics .................................................... www.saabavitronics.com ............................39
Thales Aerospace Division ................................... www.thalesgroup.com ................................13
TMD Technologies Ltd. ......................................... www.tmd.co.uk..........................................42
Wallop Defence Systems Ltd. ............................... www.wallopdefence.com ............................43
Wide Band Systems, Inc. ...................................... www.widebandsystems.com .......................33
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J E D
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Details Page # Details Page #
With more than 50 years of electronic warfare experience,
BAE SYSTEMS is pleased to sponsor the JED QuickLook.
AARGM, live-fire flight tests ............................................ 18
AC-130, LAIRCM funding increase ..................................... 26
Aerial Common Sensor, Army and Navy program cuts ......... 26
Aethercomm, power amplifier .......................................... 56
Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) system of systems .......... 16
Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload (ASIP) flight tests ... 16
ALQ-213, additional budget funding for ............................ 26
ARINC, EA-18G electronic attack mission .......................... 24
B-52 Core Component Jammer .......................................... 16
BAE Systems, ESM for Australian AP-3C Orion .................... 28
CAPTOR Radar ................................................................. 39
Chemring Countermeasures .............................................. 44
COL Laurie Buckhout, US Army ......................................... 47
Cross-Eye Jamming .......................................................... 14
Deputy Advisors Working Group (DAWG) ............................ 16
EADS, AAR-60 ................................................................. 43
EADS, Defensive Aids Subsystem (DASS) for A400M ........... 38
EADS, EuroDASS .............................................................. 38
EADS, SIGINT payload for Euro Hawk................................. 35
EDO Corp, ALR-95 ESM for Navy P-3C patrol aircraft............ 23
Elettronica, EuroDASS ..................................................... 38
European EW industry ..................................................... 35
European Security and Defense Policy .............................. 35
Force Protection Jammer ................................................. 44
FREMM EW ...................................................................... 44
General Dynamics, AN/SSX-1 Small Ship ESM ..................... 21
General Dynamics, SEWIP integration ............................... 21
Grard Christmann, Thales Aerospace ............................... 30
Horizon Frigate EW .......................................................... 44
House Armed Services Committee, FY2008 Defense
Authorization Bill ....................................................... 26
Indian Navy, Sangraha EW system .................................... 28
Indra and EADS, ALR-400 radar warner ............................. 38
Indra, EuroDASS .............................................................. 38
JIEDDO, Congressional criticism for................................... 26
L-3 Communications, EA-6B Prowler support services ......... 24
L-3 Communications, EW self-protection for
New Zealand C-130s ..................................................... 28
LaBarge, Common Missile Warning System circuit cards ..... 24
Lockheed Martin, UYQ-70 ship display .............................. 21
MBDA, DDM NG ................................................................ 41
MBDA, Expendable Dispenser System ................................ 38
Mercury Computer Systems, Echotek ECV4-2 receiver.......... 56
MQ-1 Predator ................................................................. 16
MQ-9 Reaper (Predator B) ................................................. 16
Network-Centric Collaborative
Targeting (NCCT) for RC-135 ......................................... 18
Northrop Grumman, ASIP testing ..................................... 16
Northrop Grumman, DIRCM for CH-53E helicopters ............. 23
Northrop Grumman, EA-18G Growler fuselage delivery ....... 22
Northrop Grumman, SEWIP Block 1A subsystems ............... 21
Phalcon phased-array radar system for
Singapore Gulfstream 550s .......................................... 28
Raytheon, ALR-67(V)3 for US Navy and RAAF .................... 23
Raytheon, MALD-J risk reduction contract ........................ 23
Raytheon, SLQ-32 ............................................................ 20
RC-135 Rivet Joint, need for fleet modernization ............... 16
Rising Edge Technologies, data recorder ............................ 56
Rockwell Collins, signal analysis tool ................................ 56
RQ-4B Global Hawk Block 30 SIGINT variant ...................... 16
Saab Avitronics, EWS 39 ................................................... 40
Saab Microwave Systems, MIDAS ...................................... 41
Saab Microwave Systems, NORA ........................................ 40
SAEC SIGINT System ........................................................ 44
Selex, EuroDASS .............................................................. 38
Stormjammers, book review .............................................. 58
Surface Ship EW Improvement Program (SEWIP) ................ 20
Terma, ALQ-213 EWMS ..................................................... 43
Terma, CHASE ................................................................. 28
Thales and EADS, Multicolor Infrared
Alerting Sensor (MIRAS) ............................................. 38
Thales, CARBONE ............................................................. 43
Thales, Spectra ............................................................... 41
Thales, submarine ESM contracts ...................................... 28
TWE, for Tigre ................................................................. 43
US Air Force, sourcing for medium-
and high-altitude UAVs ............................................... 20
US Navy, EP-3E replacement ............................................. 18
VMETRO, AES-256 Data Encryption Recorder ...................... 56
Wallop Defence Systems ................................................... 44
Wide Band Systems, wideband frequency synthesizer ........ 56
Zodiac Data Systems, data recorder ................................... 56
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