L3ARRIRIS and Bae Systems believe that there is a strong market for EA-37B to exceed current requests from the United States and Italy.
Compass E-37B invitation, based on GULFSTREAM G550 and Original EC-37BIt is the new electronic warfare platform for the US Air Force, to replace the EC-130h compass. the The first structure of the plane was delivered To the electronic fighting group 55 at the Davis Monthan Air Force Base (AFB) in August 2024, with four others after that.
It will arrive five from EA-37BS, which connects the USAF order to ten aircraft, by 2028. These five aircraft are currently modified by GULFSTREAM with the external Fairings needed to accommodate mission equipment from the BaE Systems, which will be installed and later integrated by L3Harris.
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After it is already securing it An order from ItalyL3HARRIS and Bae Systems, run their eyes towards additional sales. Talk to journalists, including Stephen Lucy from Defense News“This is not just an important platform in the air force in the United States, it is an ideal platform for our important allies as well,” said Dave Harold (Vice President/Director General of the electromagnetic attack, Bae Systems).
With advanced electronic communications and very vital networks of modern war, the e -war (EW) has become an essential part of the armed force arsenal. At the same time, developments in technology allow for more powerful systems to be combined into smaller, simpler and cheaper beams, making them more viable for purchases by countries that have more limited resources than the United States, for example.
L3HARRIS is a certain pioneer in adapting civil platforms for the purposes of the military special mission. Along with the EA-37B, the company also placed MC-55a Peregrine From the GULFSTREAM G550. They are also the company behind the US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) New OA-1K Skyraid II.
The use of G550 as a basic plane greatly simplifies the supply, training and maintenance chain on the use of an army design. Hundreds of G550s, and a larger number of similar GULFSTREAM types, operate all over the world every day in both civilians and military service.
The Head of Intelligence, Monitoring and Reconciliation (ISR) at L3HARRIS, Jason Lambert, provides for the presence of an interest in EA-37B of a number of unlimited countries. Due to the very sensitive nature of EW technology, the most likely customers will include NATO members or other close American partners.
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Additional aircraft may also be in the USAF pipeline. Despite the retirement of a number in recent years, the number of EC-130h aircraft has reached 14 aircraft-four more than the planned E-37B fleet. This is despite the requirements for increasing EW since EC-130H introduction.
L3Harris confirmed that due to an increase in capabilities, a fleet of 10 EA-37BS can Provide the same level of capacity as 14 EC-13HSBut it seems that the most modern statements indicate a larger fleet of aircraft required to meet the needs of the current and future American army.
“The common message we hear, regardless of studying or regardless of the customer organization we are talking with, 10 is not enough,” Lambert pointed out. According to what was reported, studies were shown Condition 20 EA-37BS. Offer from Congress members Increase the matter to 14 in 2022 It failed to achieve it, but the stumbling block in the numbers is likely to remain a high priority in the “Wish list” USAF.
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POD-based EW has evolved on both uninhabited and uninhabited platforms-the amount of performance that could now be integrated into an unintended assembly/uninterrupted one was not known when EC-130H was offered. However, taking advantage of the presence of an important crew on the site is to operate custom systems with customized antenas, not surrounded by solid transportation weight and weight, still large.
Even in a TWIN SEAT fighter plane that supports the WSO operator (WSO), such as F-15Ex Eagle IIOnly EW is only one of the many tasks that the crew must do. Compare this with EA-37B, where the task sets in the back of the plane can focus only on its specific mission during flying, navigation and connections on the flight surface.
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