Air Force eyes adding EW system onto heavy aircraft within nine months

By Rachel Cohen / August 14, 2018 at 11:46 AM
The Air Force wants to integrate an off-the-shelf, dual offensive and defensive electronic-warfare system onto C-130J derivative aircraft and other large platforms in as little as three months, according to a recent notice. A request for information posted Aug. 6 lays out time lines for short-term, mid-term and long-term integration and development efforts, depending on the technology's maturity. One option is to install an "advanced/next-generation" EW system onto an aircraft in the next three to nine months. Another seeks to...

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