EPAWSS DEVELOPMENT
Abstract
The current F-15's self-protection suite called the Tactical Electronic Warfare System (TEWS) is functionally obsolete. It uses 1970's analog technology designed for combat operations in environments defended by 1980s-era radar-based ground and air threats. In addition, this aging system is becoming more difficult and expensive to support. As a result, Air Force is replacing TEWS with the F-15 Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS). F-15 EPAWSS is an advanced digital electronic warfare system capable of detecting, identifying, locating, denying, degrading, disrupting, and defeating modern and emerging threat systems in up to contested environments. This upgrade will significantly improve the F-15's capability to autonomously and automatically detect, identify and locate radio frequency (RF) threats as well as provide the ability to deny, degrade, deceive, disrupt and defeat RF and electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) threat systems in contested and unplanned operations within highly contested environments through 2040. F-15 EPAWSS will provide indication, type and position of ground-based RF threats as well as the indication, type and bearing of airborne threats with the situational awareness needed to avoid, engage or negate the threat. It will also prevent RF and IR threat systems from detecting or acquiring accurate targeting information prior to threat engagement to complicate and/or negate an enemy threat targeting solution and effectively counter enemy missiles/weapons if adversary threat systems engage and employ weapons against friendly forces through components such as chaff, flares, decoys/angle countermeasures and jamming. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver F-15 EPAWSS capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 0605826F, 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605830F, 0605831F, 0605832F, and 0605898F." As directed in the FY 2018 NDAA, Sec 825, amendment to PL 114-92 FY 2016 NDAA, Sec 828 Penalty for Cost Overruns, the FY 2018 Air Force penalty total is $14.373M. The calculated percentage reduction to each research, development, test and evaluation and procurement account will be allocated proportionally from all programs, projects, or activities under such account. 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
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- 657108_0207171F_5_3600_PB_2020
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