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PEO (IWS) provides the Navy with design, construction, and delivery of combat systems for surface ships. The Program Executive Officer for PEO (IWS) is Rear Admiral Elizabeth Okano, USN, a post which she assumed in June 2020. [5] PEO (IWS) comprises five integrated combat systems major program offices, and seven product major program offices: [6]
The Program Executive Officer for PEO MLB is Christine Rodriguez. PEO MLB was established in May 2020 following the disestablishment of the Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems. The PEO EIS offices relating to networks, enterprise services and digital infrastructure were transitioned to PEO Digital.
(V)4 systems will be replaced with (V)6. [5] AN/SLQ-32(V)5 – The (V)5 was built as a response to the Stark incident in 1987. The (V)5 system incorporates a compact version of the (V)2 system along with an active jamming module—referred to as "Sidekick"—to the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates, which were too small to carry a full (V)3. [4]
IBCS engagement stations will be able to control Army air-defense systems such as Patriot and THAAD, directing radar positioning and suggesting recommended launchers. Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps systems will be able only to share radar tracks or raw radar data. [15] The Army requires all new missiles and air-defense systems to support ...
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) provides materiel support for aeronaval aircraft and airborne weapon systems for the United States Navy. It is one of the Echelon II Navy systems commands (SYSCOM), and was established in 1966 as the successor to the Navy's Bureau of Naval Weapons .
It was ordered as a backup system in case the more advanced AIRPASS radar from Ferranti failed to develop, but when AIRPASS entered testing in 1955, AI.20 was dropped. The system was used, almost unchanged, as the basis for the Red Steer tail warning radar used in the Handley Page Victor and Avro Vulcan strategic bombers.
For its main radar station, early detection in height may be between 0–60° or 26–82° depending on the mode. [10] In 2013, there was a variant with two radar stations for early detection, standing back to back. [11] The system has a modular structure which enables a fast and easy replacement of any part. [citation needed]
The proposed sale never happened, because the Army found it needed the land for the new mission of developing and testing rocket systems. Thiokol Corporation moved operations to Redstone Arsenal from Maryland in the summer of 1949 to research and develop rocket propellants, while Rohm and Haas began work on rockets and jet propulsion.