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For Immediate Release
May
19,
2000
Defense
Bill Improves Electronic Warfare Funding
Washington—Rep.
Joe Pitts (R, PA-16) today announced that the Defense Authorization
Bill passed Thursday addresses key concerns of the Electronic
Warfare Working Group, which he co-chairs.
H.R. 4205 passed the House on a vote of 353 – 63.
“The
Electronic Warfare Working Group is pleased that EW seems once again
to be on the national defense agenda.
Maintaining the lead in EW is critical to maintaining
tactical superiority in future engagements,” said Congressman
Pitts.
The
bill includes the following provisions:
- An
increase of $21 million for the AN/ASW-41 Automatic Flight
Control System (AFCS). The
AFCS provides the EA-6B with automatic speed, attitude, and
altitude control capabilities.
- An
increase of $12.3 million (for a total of $18.3 million) to
accelerate the production of 111 additional ALE-50 towed decoy
launcher pylons. The ALE-50 towed decoy pylon enables the F-16C aircraft
to carry the ALE-50, a radio-frequency repeater that is used to
decoy an incoming threat missile away from the aircraft.
- An
increase of $5 million (for a total of $14 million) to continue
risk reduction, test, and other field activities for the
Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) project.
- Maintains
budget request of $203.1 million for EA-6B modifications
- An
increase of $2 million to procure and install HAVE QUICK ARC-16
radios for the EA-6B, which employ a rapid frequency-hopping
technique to provide an anti-jamming radio capability.
- Maintains
budget request of $12.4 million for operational systems
development of improvements to the High-Speed Anti-Radiation
Missile (HARM) system.
- Maintains
budget request of $97.3 million for Navy EW research and
development.
- An
increase of $6 million to continue development and demonstration
of a state-of-the-art precision surveillance and targeting
system for location of global positioning systems (GPS) jammers.
- Maintains
budget request of $58.2 million for Air Force EW technology
development.
- An
increase of $17.7 million to continue PLAID technology
development. The
PLAID program will enhance Air Force aircrew situational
awareness by providing accurate ground emitter location and
identification.
- An
increase of $7 million (for a total of $11 million) for
continued development of the miniature air-launched decoy (MALD)
program. The MALD is a decoy intended to stimulate enemy
integrated air defense systems to enable pilots to either avoid
or target these systems.
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