MAE Electronics Warfare - Jun 8th, 2023
 
 
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June 8, 2023
THE BIG STORY
Directed-energy weapons are electromagnetic systems that convert chemical or electrical energy to radiated energy.
EW TECHNOLOGIES
These RF and microwave components should exceed today's state of the art, and overcome long-established design limitations of the so-called Chu Limit.
DARPA wants to improve understanding of the state of the art and the emerging technologies available for magnetic navigation in noisy RF environments.
The JASSM-ER is a 2,250-pound cruise missile with a 1,000-pound penetrator and blast-fragmentation warhead that uses precision routing and guidance.
Northrop Grumman will use 3D printing and additive manufacturing to create advanced hypersonic test facility components and test articles.
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This whitepaper explores the innovative concept of passive radar and its many advantages - from enhanced detection capabilities to improved situational awareness. We cover the operating principles of passive radar systems, the basics of bistatic radars and the concept of EoOs. We also evaluate the role of satellite illumination and forward scattering in passive radar and highlight real-world examples of operational passive radar systems.

EW CONTRACTS
AN/BLQ-10 processes signals from the submarine’s imaging periscope to avoid counter-detection and collision, find targets, and conduct surveillance.
The AbMN enables air crews of MC-130J aircraft to send and receive mission-critical data to and from tactical and operational nodes in war zones.
The missile employs a multi-mode sensor suite, weapon data link, and enhanced digital anti-jam Global Positioning System (GPS) to attack targets.
Several commercial companies plan to establish space internet constellations of thousands of satellites, each to create global internet services.
EW PRODUCTS
With an input voltage of 9 to 53 volts, the step-up/step down converters deliver adjustable output voltages from 9.6 to 48 volts or 5 to 28 volts.
Liquid-cooled amplifier offers 4100 Watts continuous wave from 2 to 4 GHz with 5-kilowatt mid band performance, and no single point of RF failure.
AM General took over production of the JLTV last February from Oshkosh Defense LLC in Oshkosh, Wis. The JLTV is replacing the venerable HMMWV.
The Jariet transceiver performs frequency conversion and filtering in the digital domain, eliminating the need for costly analog frequency conversion.