U.S. Air Force EC-37B Compass Call - II (Electronic Warfare Aircraft ) aircraft for Jamming enemy communications !
The EC-37B Compass Call electronic warfare (EW) aircraft is being developed to provide improved electronic attack capabilities for the USAF.
The new platform will be based on the Gulfstream G550 Conformal Airborne Early Warning Aircraft (CAEW) airframe, which is a derivative of G550 business jet.
It will be equipped with the existing Compass Call electronic warfare system installed on the ageing Lockheed Martin-built EC-130H Compass Call electronic attack aircraft.
The EC-37B Compass Call aircraft is expected to provide enhanced stand-off jamming capability for the USAF, compared to the existing EC-130H Compass Call.
The EC-37B is intended to replace the US Air Force's ageing fleet of Lockheed EC-130H turboprops, operational with the USAF since 1982.
L3 Communications was awarded a contract by the USAF in April 2017 to serve as the prime contractor for the integration of Compass Call EW technology into the Gulfstream G550 CAEW airframe.
Gulfstream Aerospace was preferred to supply Gulfstream G550 CAEW airframes in September 2017.
Now, L3Harris Technologies has flown for the first time its EC-37B Compass Call electronic warfare aircraft.
In the First phase, USAF plans to acquire ten EC-37B Compass Call aircrafts to replace the fleet of 14 EC-130Hs.
USAF keeps the target of initial operational capability of first two EC-37B aircrafts by 2023.
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