ELECTRONIC COMBAT. Services Should Consider Greater Use of New Test Equipment for Their Aircraft

Abstract

This report summarizes the results of our review of the Joint Service Electronic Combat Systems Tester program, hereafter referred to as "the tester". The tester is intended to provide the Air Force and Navy with an improved flight-line test capability to test the readiness of electronic combat systems, such as radar warning receivers and radar jammers, on their aircraft. These systems are vital in protecting the aircraft from enemy air defenses (i.e., surface-to-air missiles and antiaircraft artillery) and enemy aircraft. Our objective was to determine the schedule, cost, and performance status of the tester program. in addition, because the tester's usage has disclosed serious reliability problems with electronic combat systems on Air Force and Navy aircraft, we have included a discussion of such problems in this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA393469

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Support
  • Maintenance
  • Military Aircraft
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Sets
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics