Electronic warfare role eyed for B-52

Source URL: http://www.isrjournal.com/story.php?F=1166029
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The Air Force plans a return to the radar-jamming business, which it ceded to Navy and Marine Corps EA-6B Prowlers in 1998, when it retired its EF-111 Raven aircraft.

This month, the service will select an industry lead systems integrator for its B-52 Stand-Off Jammer program, which will assign the venerable B-52H long-range bomber a new role.

The aircraft, the last of which was delivered in 1962, will be fitted with two long outboard wing pods packed with powerful radar-jamming gear designed to disrupt enemy air defenses from beyond their lethal range.

The Air Force will award the lead systems integrator a $236 million, 25-month contract for the pre-system development and demonstration phase of the program. The two main competitors are Northrop Grumman and a Boeing-BAE systems team.

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