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Air Force to Integrate New EA Weapon with Lockheed Standoff Missile

Air Force to Integrate New EA Weapon with Lockheed Standoff Missile - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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JASSM-Joint-Air-to-Surface-Standoff-MissileThe U.S. Air Force wants a Lockheed Martin-built missile system to host a new microwave weapon technology designed to disrupt adversaries’ computer and electronic systems, Flightglobal reported May 14.

James Drew writes Maj. Gen. Thomas Masiello, commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory, said the lab will miniaturize the Counter-electronics High-powered microwave Advanced Missile Project weapon for integration into Lockheed’s Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range platform.

AFRL and Boeing jointly developed the CHAMP electronic attack system with various components from Raytheon, according to Flightglobal.

The Inquisitr reported Wednesday the weapon used electromagnetic pulse to hit seven targets during a 2012 test conducted at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico.air-force-tile-ad

Keith Coleman, CHAMP program manager at Boeing’s Phantom Works division, said he believes the technology could also work “to render an enemy’s electronic and data systems useless even before the first troops or aircraft arrive,” according to the publication.

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Written by Mary-Louise Hoffman

is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.

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