By: Mark Pomerleau
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The rising of electronic warfare has meant the U.S. Army is increasingly facing contested, congested environments. One of the clearest examples is Russia’s incursion into Ukraine, where the Russians utilized sophisticated jamming techniques to block communications in addition to geolocate units based upon their signature inward the electromagnetic spectrum. As such, the Army has identified that it needs sure enough capabilities to compete, 1 beingness an aerial pod that tin feel in addition to jam enemy systems, providing brigades amongst additional tools to fighting sophisticated enemies. Leidos believes its submission to this programme — known every bit Multi-Function Electronic Warfare (MFEW) Air Large — exceeds the Army’s requirements to provide brigade fighting squad commanders amongst organic offensive electronic assault in addition to back upwards capabilities.
The MFEW Air Large, which volition endure mounted to a MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft, volition non alone provide electronic assault in addition to electronic support, but also it volition render “cyber bullets” in addition to a signals word capability amongst onboard linguistic communication translation, reducing the withdraw to frontward deploy linguists.
Leidos is working to enable local brigade commanders to purpose "cyber bullets" that scan local wi-fi networks.
The pod tin comport “attacks” on Wi-Fi networks, intercepting messages betwixt enemy combatants in addition to fifty-fifty allowing friendly forces to delete in addition to alteration messages to adversaries, an information operations element that could assist command the battlespace.
Moreover, all computing powerfulness for the pod is integrated onboard, important it tin operate inward a contested environs because the information does non accept to endure computed elsewhere, Adam Hinsdale, projection manager amongst Leidos, told C4ISRNET during an interview at the Association of the U.S. of A. Army annual coming together Oct. 8.
In addition, forces below tin nonetheless accept accuracy when conducting SIGINT from the aircraft inward a GPS-denied environs thank you lot to assured position, navigation in addition to timing capabilities. Hinsdale described how using vision-based tools to know where the aircraft is fifty-fifty if its GPS is jammed volition allow the SIGINT information to provide accurate geolocated information.
Officials lately said MFEW Air Large, which the Army pursued through the other transaction authorization rapid procurement vehicle, volition wing side past times side year, important a contract laurels should endure coming soon.
One major electronic warfare programme could endure create soon.
In price of what mightiness endure inward the fine art of the possible from an electrical sense, General Atomics, the maker of the Gray Eagle, has been involved inward informal discussions amongst the Army to brand sure enough they empathise what powerfulness is available to accomplish desired effects.
Given the Gray Eagle carries a diverseness of sensors, each requires powerfulness to run. The to a greater extent than powerfulness available on the aircraft, the to a greater extent than powerful the jammer tin be, Chris MacFarland, manager of Army programs at General Atomics, told C4ISRNET Oct. 10 at AUSA.
MacFarland added that General Atomics is spending its ain coin on developing novel generators aboard the aircraft that could accept the potential to double available power, which could enable a to a greater extent than powerful emitter.
While MacFarland acknowledged he didn’t know what the Army’s requirements are for MFEW, he noted the discussions exactly involve informing the Army most available powerfulness on the airframe to inform them what tin endure feasible.
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