USAF C-130J to be Equipped with New Radio Frequency Countermeasures
Radio frequency countermeasures have been integrated with C-130 airlifter variants to aid pilots with identifying, locating and disrupting threats in the battlespace
Ami Rojkes Dombe
| 16/01/2017
By U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Howard Blair - http://www.af.mil, http://www.af.mil/photos/media_search.asp?q=C-130E%20Pope&page=32, http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/990101-F-5502B-002.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30865
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Integration were awarded a $67 million contract modification to provide additional radio frequency countermeasures for the US Air Force's C-130J aircraft.
According to upi.com, the modification is part of a contract initially awarded in November 2015, which tasked the company with improving the survivability of AC-130J and MC-130J aircraft systems with a focus on detecting and deterring threats.
Under the modification, BAE will design, integrate, and test radio frequency countermeasures for the aircraft. The US Department of Defense says the work will be performed at Nashua, N.H., and expects it to be complete by August 2023.
Radio frequency countermeasures have been integrated with C-130 airlifter variants to aid pilots with identifying, locating and disrupting threats in the battlespace. Operators are able to use the system to detect both surface and airborne threats and improve situational awareness.
Radio frequency countermeasures have been integrated with C-130 airlifter variants to aid pilots with identifying, locating and disrupting threats in the battlespace
By U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Howard Blair - http://www.af.mil, http://www.af.mil/photos/media_search.asp?q=C-130E%20Pope&page=32, http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/990101-F-5502B-002.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30865
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Integration were awarded a $67 million contract modification to provide additional radio frequency countermeasures for the US Air Force's C-130J aircraft.
According to upi.com, the modification is part of a contract initially awarded in November 2015, which tasked the company with improving the survivability of AC-130J and MC-130J aircraft systems with a focus on detecting and deterring threats.
Under the modification, BAE will design, integrate, and test radio frequency countermeasures for the aircraft. The US Department of Defense says the work will be performed at Nashua, N.H., and expects it to be complete by August 2023.
Radio frequency countermeasures have been integrated with C-130 airlifter variants to aid pilots with identifying, locating and disrupting threats in the battlespace. Operators are able to use the system to detect both surface and airborne threats and improve situational awareness.
