An electronic countermeasure is an electrical or electronic device designed to trick or deceive radar, sonar, or other detection systems, like infrared or lasers. It may be used offensively and defens
Inspecting an AN/ALQ-184 Electronic Attack Pod.
Simulated radar screen in US Navy training exercise showing simulated jamming (triangular white area lower right)
Drone counter measures (1st Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment of the US Army drill with the Battelle DroneDefender, 30 October 2018, Iraq.)
The AN/ALQ-99 is an airborne electronic warfare system, previously found on the EA-6B Prowler and now utilised by the EA-18G Growler military aircraft. The ALQ-99E version of the system was carried on
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…thus making dedicated ECM aircraft an important part of any air force’s inventory. The Next Generation Jammer is being developed to replace the current AN/ALQ-99 carried on the E/A-18G electronic warfare plane. Planned for adoption around 2020, it will use a small AESA antenna divided into quadrants for all-around…
AN/ALQ-99F pod mounted on wing pylon of EA-18G Growler
The EA-6B Prowler aircraft in the foreground carries 3 under-wing AN/ALQ-99 electronic countermeasures (ECM) jamming pods for transmitting and a single fixed pod on its tail for receiving
EF-111A Raven in the foreground carrying a fixed tail pod for receiving and a fixed transmitting pod on underside. Note that while the EA-6B carries removable transmitter pods, the EF-111 has the transmitter built into the underside of the aircraft.
Tail fin housing assembly for the AN/ALQ-99 equipment, seen during an EF-111A conversion