Army Demos Electronic Jammer for Helicopters
The Sledgehammer, a new system that can be used both to locate electronic emitters on the battlefield — radios, remote-controlled improvised explosive devices, radars and other sources of electromagnetic radiation used by a potential adversary — and then jam them, would help the Army boost its airborne electronic warfare capability. The Army’s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Command (CERDEC) demonstrated the new system, which “is a combination of an airborne electronic support system named Airhammer, that was produced by L-3 Communications Applied Signal and Image Technology in Linthicum Heights, Md., and some existing government developed electronic attack capabilities,” said Kristen Kushiyama, business development coordinator for public affairs at CERDEC’s headquarters in Fort Monmouth, N.J. Airborne electronic warfare are currently flown by Air Force EC-130H Compass Call, and Navy and Marine Corps EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare aircraft.Find more information about the technology here.
