1. Bomber Jam.
- Author
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Fulghum, David A.
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CONTRACTS , *WEAPONS , *ELECTRONICS , *RADAR - Abstract
The article reports that the U.S. Air Force (USAF) is planning an October 11, 2005 selection of the contractor to lead development of B-52 modifications that would make it capable of long-range electronic jamming and the management of a large number of electronic attack weapons distributed across the battlefield in other aircraft. The proposed USAF arsenal is to include unmanned aircraft, decoys, computer attack, new radars that can jam or disable enemy electronics and two new tools. Northrop Grumman Corp. officials won't discuss the effective distance of the B-52's jamming except to say it allows the bomber to operate beyond the range of surface-to-air missiles.
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- 2005