L3Harris Technologies has been awarded a project agreement under the SOSSEC Consortium’s Air Force Open System Acquisition Initiative (OSAI) Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) for prototyping to demonstrate a new electronic warfare (EW) solution for the U.S. Air Force F-16 multi-role fighter – helping to protect the aircraft against threats.
As part of the Alpha Phase of the Air Force’s F-16 EW Suite Program Prototype Project, L3Harris will develop and test an integrated digital radar warning receiver electronic countermeasures solution. L3Harris’ solution is based on the company’s combat-proven technologies.
“L3Harris is delivering an integrated EW suite based on proven technologies from across the newly-merged companies that will provide F-16 pilots with the most sophisticated, high performance EW needed to defeat advanced and emerging threats,” said Ed Zoiss, president, Space and Airborne Systems, L3Harris. ”We’re leveraging technology synergies and innovations from across the company as a result of the merger, perhaps none more exciting and game-changing for our customers than in the area of EW and spectrum dominance.”
The OTA Project Agreement is part of the OSAI managed by SOSSEC Inc., and will require L3Harris to work with a non-traditional defense contractor on the project.
Northrop Grumman Corp. (NGC) has been selected by the U.S. Air Force for a prototype project to demonstrate an internally mounted EW suite and digital radar warning receiver for the F-16 fighter aircraft. The agreement was issued under SOSSEC Consortium’s OSAI OTA for prototyping.
“Providing advanced EW capabilities to the F-16 community is critically important to the future survivability of the platform, especially as the electromagnetic spectrum becomes increasingly contested,” said Brent Toland, vice president, land and avionics C4ISR, Northrop Grumman. “Our system builds on our long experience with the F-16 and other military aircraft to provide the warfighter with the ability to operate seamlessly against the threats that are continuing to grow in sophistication.”
The goal of the prototype project is to provide spherical radar warning, threat identification and countermeasure capabilities to protect aircrews from modern electromagnetic spectrum threats. Northrop Grumman’s prototype solution builds upon the company’s advanced EW system architecture that is in production for multiple programs, offering protection from current and emerging threats and a growth path to even greater self-protection capabilities.
Northrop Grumman has teamed with non-traditional defense contractors for the execution of this OTA prototype project.