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Boeing to research B-52 electronic attack possibilities |
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Monday, 30 June 2008 |
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Boeing has been awarded a contract by the US Air Force to develop technologies required to enable B-52H aircraft to conduct long-distance airborne electronic attacks.
The Boeing Company has been awarded with a $14.9 million (£7.5 million) contract by the US Air Force Research Laboratory to develop technologies required for a B-52H aircraft to conduct airborne electronic attack from long distances.
The contract includes systems engineering studies to focus on the potential of pod installation of 5-52Hs and calls on Boeing to provide technology for the planned Core Component Jammer (CCJ).
"We look forward to maturing the planned CCJ technology, which will keep our warfighters safer as they complete missions in the air and on the ground," said Scot Oathout, director of B-52 programs for Boeing.
"This is the first step in getting this capability fielded, and the B-52H is the right platform to mature this technology."
Boeing will work with Northrop Grumman and electronic attack expert Bethpage to complete the CCJ technology within the next three years, before demonstrating in-flight jamming on the B-52 in 2011/12.
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