{"id":19143,"date":"2019-01-28T20:46:38","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T20:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/01\/28\/lockheed-martin-scores-critical-army-airborne-electronic-warfare-contract\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:01:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:01:50","slug":"lockheed-martin-scores-critical-army-airborne-electronic-warfare-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/electronic-warfare\/2019\/01\/28\/lockheed-martin-scores-critical-army-airborne-electronic-warfare-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated: Lockheed Martin scores critical Army airborne electronic warfare contract"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to work on the service\u2019s first of its kind airborne electronic warfare pod that will be used to provide brigade commanders a new jamming capability that the Army says will provide the commander a competitive advantage by denying and degrading enemy capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through a rapid prototyping contract vehicle, Lockheed Martin was awarded two sequential 18-month phased efforts for the Multi-Function Electronic Warfare (MFEW) Air Large program, a spokesman, Brandon Pollachek, from Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (IEW&S) told C4ISRNET in response to written questions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contract is valued at $18 million, according to a Jan. 29 release from Lockheed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MFEW Air Large is a pod that will be mounted aboard an MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft and will provide brigade commanders two new capabilities. The first is the ability an organic electronic attack, or jamming, and the second is electronic support capabilities, which is essentially the sensing of the electromagnetic spectrum environment. Officials and members of the defense industry have also noted MFEW Air Large includes requirements to conduct cyberattacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\t