Airborne Electronic Warfare

Lockheed Martin’s knowledge of airborne protection extends well beyond platform development. Lockheed Martin has fielded more than 3,000 airborne electronic warfare systems over the last 45 years, including electronic support measure (ESM), electronic attack (EA), radar warning receiver (RWR), electronic intelligence, communications intelligence, and anti-jam GPS products. These passive sensor systems protect the warfighter by functioning as the “ears” of advanced tactical aircraft, identifying and locating sources of radio frequency emission and providing a full range of electronic support operations.

To date, Lockheed Martin continues production of the AN/ALQ-210 for the U.S. Navy and international MH-60R and the AN/ALQ-217 on the U.S. Navy’s E-2C/D aircraft. Lockheed Martin is slated to upgrade the ALQ-217 with a digital receiver and enhanced capabilities starting in mid-2018. Lockheed Martin has modernized the targeting ESM system on the U.S. Army and international Apache AH-64D/E aircraft with the digital receiver based Modernized Radar Frequency Interferometer (MRFI) known as the AN/APR-48B.  Lockheed Martin extends this digital receiver product line with its newest system, the APR-52 Digital RWR, on the USAF Combat Rescue Helicopter.  

To help detect and defeat future threats, Lockheed Martin continues to advance EW systems for fixed, rotary wing, and unmanned aerial system application.