With Electronic Countermeasures (ECM), Radar Early Warning Receivers (RWR), Electronic Support Measures Providers, RF GSM jammer and other Electronic Warfare (EW) technologies will create a market of 28, $ 4 billion over the next ten years (New York, Connecticut). Forecast International market analysts in London predict that ESM and other electronic warfare systems can produce around 45,000 systems.
America's largest supplier of electronic warfare systems - Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, Raytheon, ITT and Lockheed Martin will continue to produce missile countermeasures systems and develop the next generation over the next 10 years. The analyst said in a report titled "Electronic Warfare Systems Market."
Analysts say, for example, that the US Department of Defense (DOD) will spend more than $ 560 million over the next three years to purchase the Northrop Grumman Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures System (LAIRCM), which can be used for 444 aircraft. In addition, the Ministry of Defense will select contractors over the next two years to develop and manufacture Next Generation Jammers (NGJs).
"Although the production of major electronic warfare systems such as anti-IEDs and infrared guided missile wave jammers will be high over the next few years, some R&D programs are at a competitive stage and will ultimately bring in billions of dollars. dollars to companies selected to provide. Income. Technology serves them. Forecast International senior analyst Andrew Dardine said.
The US Navy awarded the NGJ research contract to a team led by BAE Systems, ITT, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon in early 2009. The Navy plans to award an Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) contract to a supplier by the end of 2012. Experts say that once the NGJ program is operational, its total value will be close to US $ 1 billion.
A Systematic Electronic Warfare System (CREW) 3.3 Competition against Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Devices (RCIED) is under development. Naval Systems Command signed a CREW 3.3 system development contract with ITT Force Protection Systems and Northrop Grumman's Space and Mission Systems in October of last year.