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NGMS UAS Electronic Attack

8 Mar 2017

John “Roller-girl” Mikols

Manager, Business Development

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems

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UNCLASSIFIED // FOUO

UAS as an Enabler for EW Effects Delivery

• UAVs Provide “Access”: (i.e. “Go where other Systems can’t”)

– Access to Typically Denied Areas:

• Protected Areas (Detection & Defense Systems)

• Distant / Deep Locations (Not Plausible with Current Access Methods)

• “Politically Protected” Areas

– “Close-in” Air Space (Very-Close Airspace is now Achievable)

– Undetectable via Small Size, Slow Speeds, LPI Signatures

– Access through numbers (Many Locations at Once)

• Decrease Risk:

– The Human is out of Reach

– Access with Attritable or even Expendable Assets

• Don’t Break the bank when we lose a platform

• Lower Costs:

– UA Platform may be lowest cost Item in Kill Chain

• Persistence: (i.e. “Stay where other Systems can’t”)

– Long Loiter – “Remain on Location”

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J/S Ratio Discussion

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J/S = (Pj * Gjr * Grj * Rtr2 * Lr * Br)/(Pt * Gtr * Grt * Rjr2 *Lj * Bj) Where, Pj= RF Jammer Power Pt= Transmitter Power Gjr= Antenna Gain from Jammer to the Receiver Grj= Antenna Gain from Receiver to the Jammer Gtr=Antenna Gain from Transmitter to the Receiver Grt= Antenna Gain from Receiver to Transmitter Br= Communications Receiver Bandwidth Bj= Jamming Transmitter Bandwidth Rtr= Range Between Communication Transmitter and Receiver Rjr= Range Between Jammer and Communication Receiver Lj= Jammer Signal Loss, this Includes Polarization Loss Lr= Communication Signal Loss

UAS Jx Tech Gaps

UAS Jx Tactical Advantages

200W @ 10 km

has same impact as

20KW @ 100 km

MQ-9 EW Integration and Flight Test Timeline

MQ-9 EW Pod Design and

Development

EMI/EMC Ground Testing Achieved Interoperability

Initial Flight Tests 5 flights, 18 hours 1v1, 1v2 EA Jamming

WTI 2-13 TACDEMO

Strike Package 1v2 EA Jamming

Software Upgrades

Flight Verification 1v2 EA Jamming

WTI 1-14 TACDEMO Strike Package & Networking

1v2 EA Jamming Remote Operations from Yuma

Dec 2012 April 2013 October 2013 March 2013

Extremely Rapid Development and Flight Test Activities 5

Reaper EA Pod Demonstration Configuration

– Digital Receiver Exciter (Pandora)

– All Heritage Techniques (Noise/RPM)

– Advanced Countermeasures

– Solid State (GaN) Power Amplifier

– 300W Minimum Power Output

– ~45% Efficient

– Receive and Transmit Antennas

– 100 MHz – 1 GHz

– Power Conditioning

– Encryption

– Populated Pod ~ 85lbs, <5% Drag Penalty

Installed Antenna

Pattern Pandora

4’ long

Receive & Transmit Antennas

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SALINE

PANAMINT SHOSHONE

ISABELLA

R-2615

R-2524

R-2505

R-2502N

BARSTOW

PORTERVILLE

BISHOP

EC Range

MQ-9

orbit

Results

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MQ-9 WTI 1-14 TACDEMO

NAS China Lake, CA

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Operational View: Network with MQ-9, CEWCC and Bat Small UAS

Ku SatCom

GCS Gray Butte

CEWCC using EWSA

MCAS Yuma BAT

SUAS SIJ

Early Warning Radar

SAM Threat

F-18 & AV-8B

Strikers

MQ-9 SOJ

EA-6B SOJ

Bat EW WTI 1-14 Exercise Summary

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Aggressive 3 month schedule

Integrated EA Payload into Bat UAS

Completed EMI/EMC, Interoperability, Safety

of Flight Test Events

Demonstrated EA with multiple techniques

against Acquisition Radars

Demonstrated Remote C2 of EA Payload

over TTNT through RaptorX

Demonstrated successful aircraft screening

Demonstrated Electronic Attack Capabilities from Group 3 UAS is feasible

– Digital Receiver Exciter (Pandora)

– Solid State (GaN) Power Amplifiers

– Receive and Transmit Antennas

– 2 GHz – 18 GHz

– 8 dB Gain

– Power Conditioning

– Populated Tray ~ 48lbs

MFEW Air Small / TECWD Operations Bat UAV : Aug 2014

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Comm Threats

Ground Radar

System Development Schedule • Design November - December • Development January - March • Integration April • Ground Testing May • Initial Flight Test June - August • Flight Demonstration Postponed

Bat Anechoic Chamber Testing – Aug 2014

• 3 weeks testing in NGMS-RM Large Anechoic Chamber

– Integration/Testing

– Source/Victim testing with Bat datalink active

– Antenna patterns

– RCS measurements

T300 FLIR

Antennas

Power Amp

SEABASS

Power Dist.

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RQ-21/Integrator Flight Test October 2014 as part of WTI 1-15

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Notional Schedule

• Design Support (Insitu/NGES) March – April • Integrate components into Bay June • Pod Support Testing (Insitu) July • Conduct SIL Testing (Insitu) August • Flight Clearance July - September • Conduct EMI / EMC Testing August • Conduct Handling Qualities August • Flight Test Activities September-October

Demonstrate successful EA against 3 different push-to-talk radios Demonstrate successful EA against GSM handsets Demonstrate successful integration with EWSA and RaptorX

Summary

WTI 1-15 Test Geometry

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• Test performed at Aux-2 site of the Barry M. Goldwater Range West

(southeast of MCAS Yuma)

– Integrator a/c carrying Calypso payload was launched and captured adjacent to the

victim radio location

– Ground range from Calypso payload to victim radio from 300m – 2.3km

Integrator Orbit Tested at 4000 & 5000ft AGL

400m

1.3km

1km

Victim

Radio

Source

Radio

Orbit

Center

To MCAS Yuma

Cross-industry team of Insitu, Motorola, and NGC successfully demonstrated

feasibility of Airborne Electronic Attack from Group 3 UAS

MFEW - UAS Offensive Electronic Attack

OSD Vigilant Hammer 2 (VH2) Demo

Overview

Project Description • Design, build and fly a OEA payload for the Bat Group 3 UAS

at the OSD sponsored VH2.

• Demonstrate OEA against “Near-Peer” Radios in a tactical environment, (threats from the MFEW CDD)

• Demonstrate Manned Unmanned teaming in a cooperative EA mission against radar (threats also listed in the MFEW CDD).

Group 3 UAS EA Objectives

• Counter Comm and Counter Radar – without reconfiguration

• MUM-T EA with 4th Gen/5th Gen Fighters

• Counter Near Peer radio • Rough measure of effects

• Determine TTPs going forward

• Survey VHF/UHF Environ for post analysis

• Demonstrate Tech Readiness for MFEW Air Small

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NG EA Bat Demo Capabilities

• Broad Band Spectrum Survey

Detect and ID Comms (Commercial / Military) A-J band

Detect and ID Radar Signals C-J

GSM ID & Geo-location

• Electronic Attack on Demand

Force Protection (Counter RCIED)

Jammed Secure Military Comms

Commercial Comms / Cell Phones

Coherent Radar Jx Techniques

Non-Coherent Radar Jx Techniques

• Offensive Cyber/ Counter UAS

Lab demos

• Manned / Unmanned Teaming

Bat with JSF Surrogate

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VH2 (Bat)

WTI 14-1 TACDEMO (Bat)

WTI 15-1 TACDEMO (RQ-21)

Restricted

Lab Demo only