BAE SYSTEMS RECEIVES $32 MILLION CONTRACT FOR AIRBORNE COUNTERMEASURES
14 Jul 2008 | Ref. FI014/2008
Farnborough, UK – BAE Systems has been awarded a $32 million low rate initial production contract by the U.S. Navy to build hundreds of countermeasures systems to protect the Navy’s F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet aircraft from enemy missiles.
The AN/ALE-55 towed decoy is part of the U.S. Navy’s Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures (IDECM) radio frequency (RF) countermeasures system. This provides military aircraft with a highly effective electronic warfare defence against RF-guided missiles.
The AN/ALE-55 consists of an onboard electronic frequency converter and the decoy. Radio frequencies are converted to light for transfer through a fibre-optic line to the decoy. IDECM links the aircraft’s fibre-optic towed decoy, radar warning system, mission computer, and radio-frequency countermeasures system in a unified defensive suite. BAE Systems will manufacture up to 650 AN/ALE-55 fibre-optic towed decoys and more than 120 electronic frequency converters. The work will be performed in Nashua.
About BAE Systems
BAE Systems is the premier global defense and aerospace company delivering a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, information technology solutions and customer support services. With 97,500 employees worldwide, BAE Systems' sales exceeded £15.7 billion (US $31.4 billion) in 2007.
For more information, please contact:
Marianne Murphy, BAE Systems
Tel: +1 603 885 2812 Mobile: +1 603 315 1536
marianne.murphy@baesystems.com
John Neilson, BAE Systems
Tel: + 44 (0) 1252 384795 Mob: + 44 (0)7802 337704
john.neilson@baesystems.com
Issued by:
BAE Systems, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 6YU, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1252 384719 Fax: +44 (0) 1252 383947
24hr media hotline: + 44 (0) 7801 717739
www.baesystems.com
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