BAE Successfully Demos Contender for Navy EW System Upgrade
(Hudson, New Hampshire, September 22, 2008) -- BAE Systems has successfully demonstrated a surface-ship electronic warfare system as a proposed successor to the U.S. Navy's current primary electronic warfare suite. The system consistently detected, identified, and located enemy threat signals during demonstrations off the coast of Hawaii as a part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), the world's largest international maritime exercise.
The equipment demonstrated at RIMPAC will form part of BAE Systems' proposed solution to the upcoming Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program, or SEWIP, Block 2 contract to upgrade the Navy's AN/SLQ-32 (V) electronic support measures system. The AN/SLQ-32(V) provides early warning of enemy threats and dispenses chaff decoys to defeat attacks by guided weapons, such as anti-ship cruise missiles. SEWIP Block 2 will upgrade the system's receiver, antenna, and combat system interface.
"The system performed flawlessly in sea tests, demonstrating its ability to provide the Navy with the world's most advanced maritime EW capability," said Greg Smith, vice president of information dominance systems for BAE Systems in Hudson, New Hampshire. "We demonstrated the maturity of a system that meets or exceeds the Navy's requirements for protecting our men and women at sea."
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