BAE Systems makes milestone delivery for inaugural EC-37B Compass Call
September 21 2022 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
BAE Systems has designed, tested, and delivered key components
for the U.S. Air Force’s first EC-37B Compass Call aircraft. The
delivery paves the way for developmental and operational flight
testing of the Baseline 3 configuration of Compass Call in January
2023. Baseline 3 offers additional electronic warfare capabilities.
Interim fielding is expected to follow the completion of testing by
mid-2024.
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BAE Systems has designed, tested, and
delivered key components for the U.S. Air Force’s first EC-37B
Compass Call aircraft. (Credit: BAE Systems)
“Since the program’s inception, BAE Systems has consistently
delivered advanced capabilities for Compass Call,” said Jared
Belinsky, director of Electronic Attack Solutions at BAE Systems.
“This final hardware delivery for the first EC-37B aircraft ensures
an upgrade that will continue to outpace our adversaries.”
Compass Call is being redesigned from the current EC-130H
airframe model to the enhanced flight performance of a commercial
business jet airframe known as the EC-37B. It is the Department of
Defense’s only long range, full-spectrum stand-off electronic
warfare jamming platform.
Compass Call disrupts enemy command and control communications,
radar, and navigation systems to restrict battlespace coordination.
It suppresses air defenses by preventing the transmission of
essential information between adversaries, their weapon systems,
and control networks.
BAE Systems also recently successfully tested three third-party
applications on Compass Call’s Small Adaptive Bank of Electronic
Resource (SABER) technology. The hallmark of SABER is its open
system architecture that enables the rapid integration of new
technology through software updates instead of hardware
reconfiguration. This allows for the rapid insertion of new
capabilities to keep pace with emerging technologies.
Work on Compass Call is being conducted at BAE Systems’
state-of-the-art facilities in Nashua, New Hampshire; Hudson, New
Hampshire; and San Diego, California.
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shelley.walcott@baesystems.com www.baesystems.com/US
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