The Airborne Self-Protection Jammer (ASPJ) is an electronic countermeasure system. Operational test and evaluation of the ASPJ system, using the Navy's F/A-18 aircraft, determined that the ASPJ was not operationally suitable or operationally effective, resulting in termination of production contracts in December 1992. However, the Navy plans to use the ASPJ on 33 F-14D aircraft if operational tests show that the aircraft are more survivable with ASPJ than without it. The F-14D aircraft operational tests are scheduled for FY 1995. The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology supports ASPI deployment if it contributes to F-14D survivability. In addition, the DoD plans to assist the foreign sales of the ASPJ through ASPJ software integration on F/A-18 and F-16 aircraft. We initiated this audit at the request of Senator David Pryor. He asked us to evaluate Navy plans to test and install the ASPI on the F-14D aircraft, review the appropriateness of DoD integration of ASPJ software through Foreign Military Sales, and review DoD efforts to identify cost-effective self-protection systems for common use on Navy and Air Force aircraft.
Congressionally Requested Audit of the Airborne Self-Protection Jammer
1999
42 pages
Report
No indication
English
Military Sciences , Aircraft , Electromagnetic & Acoustic Countermeasures , Radar equipment , Radar jamming , Auditing , Aircraft defense systems , Computer programs , Acquisition , Contracts , Production , Airborne , Operational effectiveness , Integration , Protection , Naval planning , Electronic countermeasures , Foreign military sales , Aspj(Airborne self-protection jammers) , F-14d aircraft , F/a-18 aircraft , F-16 aircraft , Aq i00-05-1149
ASPJ (Airborne Self-Protection Jammer)
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