BAE Systems to build 310 electronic warfare (EW) countermeasures decoys to protect Navy combat jets
December 4, 2017
By John Keller
Editor
Electronic warfare (EW) countermeasures decoys PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md. – Electronic warfare (EW) experts at the BAE Systems Electronic Systems segment in Nashua, N.H., will build 310 AN/ALE-55 fiber optic towed decoys (FOTDs) countermeasures to protect combat jets from missile attacks under terms of a $23 million U.S. Navy order announced Thursday.
Officials of the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., are asking BAE Systems to build Lot 8 of the airborne countermeasure, which is designed to protect the Navy and Marine Corps F/A-18E/F Super Hornet carrier-based jet fighter-bomber from radar-guided missiles.
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