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Lockheed Martin’s Helicopter-Based Jammer Successfully Defeats Threats In Navy Test

Lockheed Martin’s Helicopter-Based Jammer Successfully Defeats Threats In Navy Test
A Lockheed Martin Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare (AOEW) system pod attached to the side of an MH-60R helicopter inside the anechoic chamber at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division at Naval Air Station Patuxent River. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Terri Thomas)

The Lockheed Martin [LMT] Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare (AOEW) system’s electronic attack capabilities were successfully tested on a Navy helicopter in a recent test, the company said on Tuesday. The company said this was the first time in the program’s development that the AOEW pod-based EW system was able to perform “engagement testing, demonstrate the ability to defeat threats, and quantify system performance, while integrated and controlled by the target platform.” In this case, the system was installed on a…

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