Electromagnetic Warfare

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An introduction to electromagnetic warfare

Introduction

Electromagnetic Specrum

EW In Action

EW today

Electromagnetic Spectrum

EW Support: threat detection.

Electronic support intercepts identifies, and locates energy signals emitted from threats.

EW Attack: threat suppression.

Electronic attack or jamming then directs energy toward those threats to disrupt and neutralize their effects.

EW Protection: threat neutralization.

Electronic protection protects personnel, facilities, equipment, and platforms from incoming enemy threats as well as from enemy or friendly disruption of combat capabilities.

Electromagnetic Warfare

Exploiting the electromagnetic spectrum

EW in Action

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EW today

In conflicts with peer and near-peer adversaries, whoever controls the electromagnetic spectrum, wins. The battle is not just kinetic attacks, but also includes unseen threats from radars, advanced air defense systems, and other electromagnetic effects seeking to monitor and protect assets while disrupting the adversaries’ missions. BAE Systems is your partner to detect, monitor, and defeat those threats.

At BAE Systems, we make the invisible, visible. Our research and development teams solve some of our customers’ most critical defense and intelligence problems for the United States and its allies in the areas of advanced electronics, autonomy, cyber, electronic warfare, sensors, and signal processing. The technologies they develop are leveraged in BAE Systems’ distributed EW capabilities - Electronic Support, Electronic Protection, and Electronic Attack. We’ve designed our hardware with the future in mind, with the ability to deliver critical new capabilities to our warfighters through software and firmware updates.

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Mitchell Institute

AFA Topic Takeover

● Looking to the Future of Electromagnetic Attack Systems

● Addressing the Changing EW Environment

Breaking Defense

● F-35 EW system for the future fight

● Threat warning and survivability in the modern battlespace

Aviation Week

● Operational Environment, Mission need, and the Future Fight

● The Art of Electromagnetic Attack

Defense News

● BAE Systems- a strategic contributor of electronic warfare for the F-35

● Bold. Intrepid. Survivability that spans the spectrum

● Breaking the kill chain with full-spectrum electromagnetic warfare

Capabilities

Electronic Support

Electronic Protection

Electronic Attack

Mission Support

Electronic Support

Electronic support (ES) follows operational directives to rapidly detect, intercept, identify, and track electromagnetic energy sources to recognize threats, collect targeting and signals intelligence data, and inform future operational planning. That’s why ES threat detection is often considered electronic warfare’s intelligence, surveillance, & reconnaissance (ISR) mission, which also includes geolocation and direction-finding capabilities.

Electronic Protection

Electronic protection (EP) involves safeguarding a country’s personnel, facilities, and equipment against the effects of electronic attack (EA) by hostile forces that could neutralize or destroy its combat capabilities. This threat suppression is achieved using various on-board and off-board systems that employ cyber and multispectral radio frequency/infrared (RF/IR) tools to detect, analyze, and initiate responses to known and potential threats.

AN/ALR-56 Radar Warning Receiver

Electronic Attack

Electronic attack (EA) is the strategic use of electromagnetic or directed energy weapons to assault enemy forces’ electronic infrastructure with the intent to degrade or eliminate their combat capabilities. This includes threat analysis and response, as well as countermeasures such as signal jamming, electromagnetic deception (spoofing), lasers, radio frequency (RF) weapons, or any combination of the above EW tools to achieve threat neutralization.

Mission Support

Mission support ensure that ES, EP, and EA all have the resources they need to deliver. This includes operational analysis, mission planning and management tools, equipment test systems and maintenance aids, and more. Not providing mission support undercuts ES, EP, and EA performance, which is unacceptable.

Mission Analysis

BAE Systems is well-positioned to provide cutting-edge solutions that meet the complex requirements of modern electronic warfare. Looking to the future, BAE Systems is prepared to partner through a mission analysis framework that integrates federated capabilities into more effective, integrated solutions, focusing on the real-world problems our customers face. This approach will involve collaboration with customers, industry partners, and academia to advance the state of the art in electronic warfare strategy and tactics. Ultimately, the goal is to ensure that warfighters have the tools, training, and expertise needed to succeed in the most challenging environments. The complex electromagnetic environment in the modern battlefield demands adaptability and responsiveness to emerging threats. By partnering with our customers to optimize electronic warfare capabilities through mission analysis, BAE Systems can help them develop innovative solutions to counter adversaries' rapidly evolving technologies and tactics, ultimately disrupting enemy command and control and gaining a competitive edge. By working together to develop new technologies, strategies, and tactics, BAE Systems helps our customers stay ahead of the threat and maintain the competitive edge in the electromagnetic battlespace. The stakes are high, but with a proactive and collaborative approach, the U.S. military can ensure that its electronic warfare capabilities remain a step ahead of the adversary, supporting national security objectives, and protecting U.S. interests.

EPAWSS

ALQ-239 (Digital Electronic Warfare System)

AN/ASQ-239 (F-35)

Storm EW™ Spectrum Warfare Suite

AN/ALR-94 (F-22 EW)

ALE-47

Dual Band Decoy

AN/AAR-57 CMWS

2-Color Advanced Warning System (2CAWS)

Advanced Survivability Pod

Smart D²™ system

AN/ALE-55

360 MVP™ Sensor system

TERRA RAVEN™ countermeasure system

EPAWSS

ALQ-239 (Digital Electronic Warfare System)

AN/ASQ-239 (F-35)

Storm EW™ Spectrum Warfare Suite

AN/ALR-94 (F-22 EW)

Electronic Attack Solutions

EPAWSS

ALQ-239 (Digital Electronic Warfare System)

Rapid Response

AN/ASQ-239 (F-35)

Storm EW™ Spectrum Warfare Suite

AN/ALR-94 (F-22 EW)

Compass Call

Mission Analysis

EW Life Cycle Support

Microelectronics

ROTATING IMAGES OF CAPABILITIES

AN/AAR-57 CMWS

AN/ASQ-239

EPAWSS

Dual Band Decoy

Compass Call

Storm EW™ Spectrum Warfare Suite

Smart D²™ system

AN/ALR-94

TERRA RAVEN™ countermeasure system

2-Color Advanced Warning System (2CAWS)

Advanced Survivability Pod

Electronic Attack Solutions

360 VIP™ Sensor system

ALQ-239 (Digital Electronic Warfare System)

Rapid Response

BAE Systems’ Rapid Response technology provides aircraft with a speed advantage to counter the most modern, agile threats. Rapid Response sorts through signal-dense environments and dynamically responds instantaneously to degrade enemy RADARs, neutralizing the adversary kill chain. The first-of-its-kind technology leverages BAE Systems’ discriminating military hardware, firmware and software to deploy modern electronic countermeasure jamming techniques, enhancing aircraft self-protection and mitigating the need for dedicated escort jamming. With its ability to instantaneously respond to pacing threats, Rapid Response is the ultimate force multiplier for military operations, providing unparalleled protection and superiority in the electromagnetic spectrum.

ALE-47

AN/ALR-56

Anthony Deangelis Media Relations

Electronic Systems BAE Systems Inc.

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