Raytheon successfully demonstrated, in a recent flight test, the world’s first all-digital, radar warning receiver (RWR), the ALR-69A(V) single chip geolocation features capabilities previously unattainable in a tactical RWR: suppression of enemy air defenses, easy cross-platform integration, and enhanced spectral and spatial coverage for high-sensitivity detection in dense signal environments.
The AN/ALR-69A(V) enhances aircrew survivability, providing “sensors forward” situational awareness at lower costs than competing systems through simple software modifications.
“Adding single-ship geolocation capability to a radar warning receiver transforms the way pilots execute their missions,” said Paul Overstreet, ALR-69A program manager, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems.
“The ALR-69A can now assist with targeting solutions while continuing to identify threats in dense signal environments.”
Geolocation capabilities offer aircrews more options, allowing pilots to decide whether to maneuver to avoid the threat or to prosecute it.
Before this added geolocation capability, aircrews only had an approximate direction of the arrival of the threat signals. The ALR-69A(V) now provides aircrews precise information on ground-based threat locations and precision-direction finding for airborne threats.
AN/ALR-69A(V) Radar Warning Receiver
The ALR-69A(V) provides improved detection range and accurate, unambiguous identification in dense signal environments comprised of both threat signals and those from wingmen, coalition partners and commercial operations.
Its 360-degree coverage is provided by four independent Radar Receivers, each covering one quadrant of the aircraft. Raytheon designed the ALR-69A(V) for the utmost in flexibility and growth potential.
The modular, open architecture relies on many commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components that allow for ready expansion or upgrade. The ALR-69A(V) is installed on the U.S. Air Force C-130H, KC-46A and is being tested on the F-16.
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