Our Best Look Yet At The Air Force’s EC-37B Compass Call Jamming Jet
Emma Helfrich - Yesterday 8:34 PM
The U.S. Air Force has released new photos and a brief video of the next-generation EC-37B Compass Call electronic warfare jet. The recently shared media offers the clearest official look yet at the jet, which is intended to replace the Air Force’s current aircraft that handles the Compass Call's mission, the EC-130H.
The footage and images of the EC-37B were captured after the aircraft arrived at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tuscon, Ariz. on August 17 for a brief visit with the 55th Electronic Combat Group Airmen to show off its progress. Both the service and L3Harris, the platform integrator for the program, last year explained that the EC-37B would be delivered for testing at around this time of year, suggesting that the aircraft’s development timeline is, as it stands, somewhat close to being on track.
The EC-37B, once completed, will be used to perform the overall Compass Call mission, “disrupting enemy command and control communications, radar, and navigation systems to restrict battlespace coordination,” according to the Air Force. This is achieved through providing critical stand-off electronic warfare jamming support, which is ideal for use against adversarial communications systems rendering the enemy unable to relay important information. It can also be used for other types of electronic attacks and jamming. On top of that, a secondary intelligence gathering functionality further rounds out the Compass Call system by allowing it to spot, track, and geolocate a variety of emitters.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/our-best-look-yet-at-the-air-force-s-ec-37b-compass-call-jamming-jet/ar-AA10OOE4?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=11c9ae8dfa884091a53b9f87862d8f69
