Electronic Warfare Development

Abstract

This program consolidates Air Force funding and management of common Electronic Warfare (EW) systems from Materiel Solutions Analysis through Engineering and Manufacturing Development and transition to operational capability. EW is an integral warfighting effect supporting AF Global Strike, Global Persistent Attack and Global Mobility operations as well as Joint-Coalition operations. EW systems influence, deceive, disrupt, degrade, deny, and destroy threats to air operations throughout the electromagnetic spectrum. This program supports Electronic Support (ES), Electronic Protection (EP), and Electronic Attack (EA). ES programs support the collection, analysis, and dissemination of information related to the detection, geo-location, characterization, and identification of threats to air operations. EP Programs preserve the electromagnetic spectrum for use by friendly forces. EA programs provide self-protection through active and passive measures that deceive threats to air operations using kinetic and non-kinetic means to defeat threats that rely on the electromagnetic spectrum (Radio Frequency (RF), Electro-Optical (EO), Infrared (IR)). This program is in Budget Activity 5, System Development and Demonstration (SDD) because it has passed Milestone B approval and is conducting engineering and manufacturing development tasks aimed at meeting validated requirements prior to full-rate production.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2016
• Source ID: 0604270F_5_3600_PB_2016
• Change Summary Explanation: FY15 - Congressional Add for +$7.750M for Digital Radar Warning Receiver for ANG; Congressional Reduction for -$1.9M for Forward financing. The FY2016 funding request was reduced by $1.038 million to account for the availability of prior execution balances.
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms
• Electronic Warfare

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Air Force
• Aircrafts
• Cost Analysis
• Costs
• Countermeasures
• Demonstrations
• Dual Mode
• Electro-Optics
• Electromagnetic Spectra
• Electronic Warfare
• Engineering
• Infrared Countermeasures
• Radar Warning Receivers
• Radio Frequency
• Test And Evaluation
• Warfare

Fields of Study

• Engineering

Readers

• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.
• Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

• Microelectronics