U.S.A.F. Receives First EC-37B 'Electromagnetic Attack' Aircraft

  • Defensemirror.com Bureau
  • 11:42 AM, September 13, 2023
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U.S.A.F. Receives First EC-37B 'Electromagnetic Attack' Aircraft
EC-37B Compass Call aircraft @BAE Systems

BAE Systems and L3Harris Technologies have handed over the initial EC-37B Compass Call aircraft to the U.S. Air Force, marking the commencement of formal combined developmental and operational testing for a total of 10 aircraft.

The next-generation system evolves the Air Force’s 40-year mission of employing electromagnetic attack (EA) capabilities in support of U.S. and coalition air, surface, and special operations forces.

Mission system prime BAE Systems produces the Compass Call Airborne Electromagnetic Attack mission system at its Hudson, New Hampshire facility. The system disrupts enemy communications, radars and navigation systems, and suppresses enemy air defenses by preventing the transmission of essential information between adversaries, weapon systems and command-and-control networks.

Platform integration prime L3Harris integrated the EC-130H Compass Call mission system into a modern Gulfstream G550 business jet at its Waco, Texas aircraft missionization center. The EC-37B has increased speed, endurance and high-altitude operation for improved survivability and range to deliver EA effects.

Our team accomplished migrating the Compass Call mission equipment from the much larger EC-130H and fully integrating it into the Gulfstream G550 platform,” said Jason Lambert, President, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, L3Harris. “As the Air Force sunsets its 40-year-old EC-130H fleet, the EC-37B will empower the customer to continue serving its vital electromagnetic warfare mission for generations to come.”

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