UAS are ideal platforms for EW systems
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Israeli companies are manufacturing EW systems fitted to be carried by unmanned air systems (UAS). These create great interest but their export is limited.
The trend of using UAS for EW missions is spreading. General Atomics recently announced its successful demonstration of the Predator B’s Electronic Attack capability. The purpose of the demonstration was to evaluate the viability of a UAS to conduct electronic warfare missions against enemy air defenses in support of tactical strike aircraft.
The Predator B UAS equipped with a jamming pod containing a Northrop Grumman Digital Receiver/Exciter and controlled by a Ground Control Station (GCS). Predator B was fully integrated into the advanced Command and Control (C2) networks and Electronic Warfare (EW) architecture of a U.S. military exercise, with over 20 aircraft participating. The Northrop Grumman payload proved to be effective and seamlessly integrated with the Predator B avionics, command and control architecture.
Future demonstrations will expand on the success and lessons learned from the use of Predator B to execute a multi-node approach against a more capable Integrated Air Defense System.
