Exelis has been awarded a $17 million dollar contract to provide electronic warfare technology to services in Sweden. Under the contract, the company will provide submarines in Sweden with the latest model of the ES-3701 electronic warfare (EW) system to improve upon self-protection, situational awareness, surveillance and targeting.
“The ES-3701 uses a circular array interferometer antenna. This provides precise direction finding over a 360-degree azimuth and at high elevation while maintaining a 100 percent probability of interception. Through digital technology and modern signal processing, the system intercepts, measures and identifies complex signals, (including Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave) in dense radio frequency environments even in the presence of interfering signals,” according to the company.
“The ES-3701 is the ideal ESM system for submarines and surface ships and is widely deployed with allies around the world. Our ESM technology will equip Sweden to handle a range of emerging threats they face, now and in the future. Our understanding of the threat landscape and our experience has helped make Exelis a leading provider of maritime EW systems that support our customers’ critical missions around the world,” Dave Prater, vice president of Exelis radar, said.
