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March 13, 2015
transmitters for electronic jammers aboard the Navy EA-18G jet
aircraft that are designed to spoof and blind enemy low-frequency
radar systems.
Officials of the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval
Air Station, Md., announced their intention Wednesday to award a
contract to the Cobham plc Advanced Electronic Solutions segment in
Lansdale, Pa., to provide low-band transmitters (LBT) for the
AN/ALQ-99 jammers on the EA-18G aircraft.
The upcoming contract involves the AN/ALQ-99 Low-Band Consolidation
(LBC) system now in production. The value of the
contract has yet to be determined.
As part of the EA-18G Growler jet's electronic warfare suite, the
LBT will provide the capability to jam hostile, low-frequency radar
and communications signals in a tactical environment, Navy officials say.
The proposed low-band transmitter contract will call for Cobham
engineers to carry out an engineering change to modify the existing
LBT system and will include the design, manufacture, integration,
and test of the LBC kit.
The effort also will ask Cobham to deliver two test articles to support
future qualification and testing of the modified transmitter, as well as
applicable technical data.
Navy officials say they plan to award the upcoming 18-month contract to
Cobham sole-source because the company is the only responsible
source able to provide the jammers, and no other supplies or services
will satisfy Navy requirements.
Cobham is the sole system designer, developer, integrator, and
manufacturer of the LBT, and the company has unique expertise in
the design, engineering, and performance details of the LBT
necessary to design the LBC kit and to integrate the kit into the
existing LBT transmitter and AN/ALQ-99 system, Navy officials say.
Low-frequency radar, for which the AN/ALQ-99 low band transmitter
is designed to counter, is especially effective against stealthy aircraft
and other targets with low radar cross sections.
This kind of radar, however, produces a relatively large amount of
clutter, so requires advanced digital signal processing that removes
unwanted signals to be effective against stealth targets.
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Companies interested in subcontracting with Cobham on the AN/ALQ-99
low-band transmitter work should contact Rebecca Hettel at Cobham by
phone at 215-996-2276, or by email at rebecca.hettel@cobham.com.
For additional information contact Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions
online atwww.cobham.com, or Naval Air Systems Command at www.navair.navy.mil.