BAE Systems to build electronic warfare systems to protect special-operations turboprop aircraft
January 11, 2017
By John Keller
Editor
electronic warfare special-operations turboprop aircraft ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga., 11 Jan. 2017. Electronic warfare (EW) experts at BAE Systems will provide RF countermeasures systems to help U.S. special-operations C-130J turboprop aircraft evade and jam enemy radar systems.
Officials of the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., announced a $67.7 million order Tuesday to the BAE Systems Electronic Systems segment in Nashua, N.H., to provide radio frequency (RF) countermeasures systems for special operations C-130J four-engine turboprop aircraft.
The aircraft involved are the AC-130J Ghostrider close-air-support plane and the MC-130J Commando II, which is designed to fly covertly at night for special forces refueling, infiltration, exfiltration, and resupply.
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