On-Board Jammers for the Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures

摘要

The Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures suite is intended to provide self-protection and increased survivability for tactical aircraft against radio frequency and infrared surface-to-air and air-to-air threats. The Navy-led program is designed to fill the electronic self-protection operational deficiency for the Navy F/A-18 E/F aircraft and will be integrated on the Air Forces B-1B and F-15 aircraft. The major hardware components to be developed are the AN/ALQ-214 radio frequency countermeasures system and the AN/ALE-55 Fiber Optics Towed Decoy. Total program cost is estimated to be $2.7 billion (then- year dollars). The AN/ALQ-214 development cost is $85.8 million and the procurement cost is $1.1 billion (458 units at $2.3 million each). The Navy plans to have an inventory of 366 radio frequency countermeasures systems and 10,980 decoys. The Air Force plans to have an inventory of 92 radio frequency countermeasures systems, 3,069 decoys for the B-1B, and 15,048 decoys for the F- 15.