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Number built Image Douglas EF-10B Skyknight/F3D-2Q: Electronic warfare/Attack aircraft: Douglas Aircraft Company: Electronic warfare version of the Douglas F3D Skyknight. 35 F3D-2s were converted into F3D-2Q EW aircraft. [1] Unknown Unknown At least 35 [1] Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star: Airborne early warning and control: Lockheed Corporation
The Boeing EA-18G Growler is an American carrier-based electronic warfare aircraft, a specialized version of the two-seat Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet. The EA-18G replaced the Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowlers in service with the United States Navy. The Growler's electronic warfare capability is primarily provided by Northrop Grumman. The EA-18G ...
An electronic-warfare aircraft is a military aircraft equipped for electronic warfare (EW), that is, degrading the effectiveness of enemy radar and radio systems by using radar jamming and deception methods. [1] In 1943, British Avro Lancaster aircraft were equipped with chaff in order to blind enemy air defence radars.
The aircraft's immediate predecessor, the EA-6A, was an interim conversion of the A-6 airframe to perform electronic warfare missions during the 1960s. In 1966, work on the more advanced EA-6B commenced. It featured an enlarged four-seat cockpit, a fully integrated electronic warfare system, and advanced electronic countermeasures.
The USAF contracted with Grumman in 1974 to convert some existing General Dynamics F-111As into electronic warfare/electronic countermeasures (ECM) aircraft. [N 1] The USAF had considered the Navy / Marine Corps Grumman EA-6B Prowler, but desired a penetrating aircraft with supersonic speed. The EF-111 entered service in 1983 and served until ...
The EA-3B carried a crew of seven, with flight crew of three in the cockpit and an Electronic Warfare Officer and three electronic systems operators/evaluators in the converted weapons bay. It offered unique electronic reconnaissance capabilities in numerous Cold War-era conflicts and the Vietnam War. [20]
The US Air Force just got its first F-15 fighter aircraft upgraded with new technology. The technology is designed to improve the electronic warfare capabilities of the decades-old jets.
Infrared (IR) countermeasures for a variety of military and civil aircraft: Lockheed Martin [37] AN/ALQ-126: Electronic countermeasure pulsed trackbreaker: RF-4B Phantom II, EA-6B Prowler [38] Sanders Associates [39] AN/ALQ-128: Electronic Warfare Warning Set (EWWS), part of Tactical Electronic Warfare Systems (TEWS) F-15C Eagle, F-15E Strike ...