The US Navy has contracted with
BAE Systemsto produce additional low-band transmitter-antenna groups for the Navy’s EA-6B Prowler electronic countermeasures aircraft.
Under the $24.3 million contract with the Naval Air Systems Command, the company will provide 13 transmitter-antenna groups, each consisting of a radar and communications jammer.
According to a statement, the BAE Systems equipment protects strike aircraft, ships, and ground troops by disrupting enemy radar and communications signals.
The contract follows a $4 million program awarded in October 2004 and previous production orders. Including this most recent order, the Navy has called for BAE Systems to produce 30 transmitter-antenna ship sets worth about $55 million.
The low-band transmitters will be manufactured at BAE Systems’
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Where will all the raw materials come from for the manufacturing process? How will they be transported to the factory and what is going to be done with the various scrap and residues?