Electronic warfare (EW) experts at Leidos Inc. are developing ways to spoof adaptive radar, which uses digital technology to change its characteristics dynamically to adapt to changes in its environment. Officials of the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., announced a $58.9 million order Thursday to Leidos in Reston, Va., to develop adaptive radar countermeasures hardware and software for the L3Harris AN/ALQ-214A EW system aboard Navy F/A-18 carrier-based jet fighter-bombers.
The Navy wants adaptive radar countermeasures capability for the AN/ALQ-214A to help F/A-18s survive in the presence of sophisticated enemy radar-guided surface-to-air missiles. Adaptive radar is being designed to counter the effects of EW countermeasures and other RF interference.
Leidos experts have been developing adaptive radar countermeasures technologies for at least the last eight years. The company was among several U.S. defense companies to win contracts in March 2013 for the Adaptive Radar Countermeasures (ARC) program of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va....MORE
