EA-18 Squadrons

Abstract

The EA-18G is replacing the EA-6B aircraft as the primary Electronic Attack platform supporting the Navy and Marine Corps, as the EA-6B is fully phased out the EA-18G will be the sole EA aircraft in the inventory. Capabilities of the EA-18G weapon system and ancillary equipment can be upgraded to accommodate and incorporate new or enhanced weapons as well as advances in technology to respond effectively to emerging future threats. E/A-18G "Flight Plan" spiral capability development is critical to the baseline of the EA-18G next generation mission system capability and maintaining tactical relevance in support of Navy Aviation Plan 2030. Development continues for design and integration of avionics systems, integration of Jamming Techniques Optimization improvements, evolutionary software upgrades via the System Configuration Set block builds and related testing. Continued advanced development engineering for improvements in reliability and maintainability are required to ensure maximum benefit is achieved through reduced cost of ownership and to provide enhanced availability. The FY 2016 funding request was reduced by $389 thousand to account for the availability of prior year execution balances."

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2016
Source ID
0604269N_5_1319_PB_2016
Change Summary Explanation
Technical: FY16 Improvements to the ALQ-218 complex emitter to significantly improve lowband geo-location, signal detection, and identification capabilities. Schedule: Not applicable.
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Avionics
  • Cost Analysis
  • Costs
  • Data Links
  • Engineering
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Flight
  • Network Protocols
  • Obsolescence
  • Recognition
  • Software Development
  • Software Testing
  • Tactical Data Links
  • Target Recognition
  • Targets
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics

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