Navy wants more AN/BLQ-10 submarine electronic warfare (EW) systems to detect hostile radar signals at sea
The AN/BLQ-10 submarine EW system detects, classifies, pinpoints, and identifies potentially hostile radar and communications signals at sea.
John Keller
May 1st, 2020
Virginia Sub 1 May 2020
WASHINGTON – Submarine combat systems experts at Lockheed Martin Corp. will build additional AN/BLQ-10 electronic warfare (EW) system for U.S. Navy submarines under terms of a $13.2 million order announced on Tuesday.
Officials of the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington are asking the Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems segment in Syracuse, N.Y., to design, prototype, and test the Technology Insertion (TI)-20 version of the AN/BLQ-10 submarine EW system, which automatically detects, classifies, pinpoints, and identifies potentially hostile radar and communications signals at sea.
The AN/BLQ-10 is for Virginia-, Los Angeles-, and Seawolf-class fast-attack submarines, Ohio-class conventional guided-missile submarines, and future Columbia-class ballistic-missile submarines. It is not for existing Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarines.
https://www.militaryaerospace.com/sensors/article/14175041/submarine-electronic-warfare-ew-radar
