Raytheon Developing Electronic Warfare

A graphic showing vehicle-based jamming systems, from the 2007 Army Science and Technology Master Plan. (Courtesy of the U.S. Army)

Weapons developers at Raytheon Company just got a $3.8 million, 2-year contract from the military’s research and development branch, DARPA, to develop an electronic warfare communication system.

The new system will let the military jam an enemy’s circuits while not impacting their own systems. The program, dubbed the High-Power Efficient Rf Digital-to-Analog Converter (HiPERDAC), will let everything from troops to cars and drones conduct jamming operations.

The system works by creating signals that stay within a set frequency, which lets it jam signals across a frequency spectrum while leaving enough space for friendly signals to get through.

This is a big move, since, as the company states in a press release “Achieving signal linearity and efficiency has traditionally been very difficult, particularly at high power levels.”

“Being able to maintain combat effectiveness while simultaneously disrupting enemy sensors and communication systems represents one of the greatest challenges in asymmetric warfare,” said Joe Biondi, vice president of Advanced Technology for Raytheon’s Integrated Defense Systems business, in a press release.


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“With extensive experience and expertise developing defense systems across the entire frequency spectrum, Raytheon is uniquely qualified to take on this challenge,” Biondi said.

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Sumber: The Epoch Times