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BAE SYSTEMS Provides Communications Jamming Systems For EA-6B Aircraft

05 Aug 2004

NASHUA, N.H. -- BAE Systems recently received an $8 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide 25 AN/USQ-113(V) 3 communications jamming systems for the EA-6B Prowler aircraft.

The EA-6B Prowler is a tactical electronic warfare aircraft that provides day and night lethal and non-lethal electronic warfare capability for Suppression of Enemy Air Defences (SEAD).

BAE Systems Information & Electronic Warfare Systems (IEWS), headquartered in Nashua, N.H., builds the AN/USQ-113. The system provides the communications analysis and jamming component to the EA-6B's SEAD mission. This jamming capability helps to protect the lives of airborne and ground troops in tactical combat environments, including Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Jim Morash, BAE Systems' USQ-113 program manager, said, "The additional systems will bring the inventory of USQ-113 systems up to a level that is needed to support deployment and training requirements."

BAE Systems has been building and producing the USQ-113 for the Navy and Marine Corps since 1996. To date, 67 systems have been delivered to the Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Maryland; Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station, North Carolina; and Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, Washington.

The work will be performed at the IEWS facility in Hudson, N.H., and will be completed in 2006.

About BAE SYSTEMS

BAE Systems North America is a high-technology U.S. company employing more than 25,000 people who live and work in some 30 states, the District of Columbia, and the United Kingdom. The company is dedicated to solving its customers' needs with highly innovative and leading edge solutions across the defence electronics, systems, information technology, and services arenas.

BAE Systems Information and Electronic Warfare Systems employs 6,900 people at 13 major facilities in eight states. The business unit is a major producer of aircraft self-protection systems and tactical surveillance and intelligence systems for all branches of the armed forces. IEWS provides products and services in four major lines of business: Electronic Warfare/Electronic Protection, Electronic Warfare/Information Warfare, Integrated Defence Solutions, and Mission Electronics.

BAE Systems is an international company engaged in the development, delivery and support of advanced defence and aerospace systems in the air, on land, at sea and in space. The company designs, manufactures and supports military aircraft, surface ships, submarines, radar, avionics, communications, electronics and guided weapon systems. It is a pioneer in technology with a heritage stretching back hundreds of years. It is at the forefront of innovation, working to develop the next generation of intelligent defence systems.

BAE Systems has major operations across five continents and customers in some 130 countries. The company has more than 90,000 people and generates annual sales of approximately 12 billion through its wholly-owned and joint venture operations.

BAE Systems, innovating for a safer world.