Air Force, guard aircraft gain defensive clout.

AuthorWilliams, Robert H.
PositionTECH TALK - Brief article

A VARIETY OF AIR FORCE and National Guard fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters are benefiting from software that is making possible on-board, integrated defensive avionics systems. Providing these specialized applications are engineers from the Georgia Tech Research Institute.

The software meshes radars, missile warning sensors, signal jamming devices and other defensive systems. The arrays are being used on Air Force C-130 Hercules transports and MH-53 helicopters. Air Guard aircraft include F-16s and A-10 Warthogs.

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