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NORTHROP GRUMMAN WINS GROWLER UPGRADE CONTRACT
NORTHROP Grumman has been awarded a US$35,200,000 contract to produce and deliver kits required to modify ALQ-218 avionics in support of EA-18G Growler upgrades for the RAAF.
The work will take place in the US and is scheduled for completion by 2022.
The contract is to build Airborne Electronic Attack System Enhance- ments program AN/ALQ-218 recurring kits, which will be retrofitted into US Navy and RAAF Growlers.
The AN/ALQ-218 installed on the Growler uses a combination of jam- ming and listening to enable geo- location, parameter measurement, intentional modulation-on-pulse de- tection and enemy radar threat jam- ming. It uses a unique combination of short and long baseline interferometer techniques along with a patented pas- sive ranging algorithm to geo-locate ground-based emitters.
Several follow-on lots will then complete the US Navy and RAAF fleet upgrades.
ABOVE: An EA-18G Growler from US Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 141 launches from the flight deck aboard the USS Ronald Reagan during Talisman Sabre 2019.
TWO SMES TO SUPPLY CBRN DEFENCE EQUIPMENT
Australia to provide chemi- cal detection equipment, with Cairns-based J3Seven securing another $17 million contract to deliver radiation detectors and incident response kits.
“This is a great investment in the Australian defence in- dustry, and proves we are pro- ducing world-class capabilities right here at home,” Minister for Defence Industry Melissa
Price said, congratulating both companies. “Point Trading will support the deliv- ery of this critical capability to protect our soldiers from chemical threats on the battlefield. J3Seven will provide ca- pabilities including radiation detectors
and incident response kits to protect our soldiers.
“The record $200 billion investment we’re making in Australia’s defence in- dustry is continuing to deliver jobs and more opportunities for small businesses.”
Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch said J3Seven’s contract indicated the depth and capability of the defence in- dustry in Far North Queensland.
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A MELBOURNE small business and another from Cairns will partner with Leidos Aus- tralia to deliver counter CBRN equipment for the ADF.
Moorabbin business Point Trading had secured a $7.4 million contract with Leidos
ABOVE: Australian Army soldier Corporal Brooke Robinson with her respiratory mask.
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