Electronic Warfare: Faulty Test Equipment Impairs Navy Readiness

Abstract

The Navy equips its tactical aircraft with electronic warfare systems, such as radar warning receivers and jammers, to protect them from hostile weapons. The radar warning receiver alerts the pilot that the aircraft is being tracked by a hostile radar, and the jammer transmits electronic signals to deceive or otherwise interfere with the radar. The Navy believes that these systems are important for the aircraft to be able to accomplish their mission and survive in a wartime environment. Therefore, ensuring that these systems are maintained and operating properly is critical to accomplishing the Navy's mission.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA239562

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Aircrafts
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Readiness
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Governments
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Naval Air Stations
  • Naval Aviation
  • Tactical Aircraft
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Sets
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics