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"The BAE RF seeker will add to missiles capabilities, allowing it to locate targets based on their electronic signature.
"This will further strengthen the capabilities of JSM for the most challenging scenarios in a modern battlefield," says Kongsberg."
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/kongsberg-jsm-to-receive-bae-australia-rf-seeker-436106/
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Under the provisions of the contract with the Australian DoD - announced in early April - Kongsberg will integrate and qualify a new low-cost, electronic support measure (ESM) capability with the current IIR package, enabling JSMs to locate targets on the basis of their electronic signature.
Developed by BAE Systems Australia, the ESM features a lightweight passive radio frequency (PRF) sensor with an additional land attack and littoral attack capability as well as a two-way communications line for target adjustment and inflight termination.
The four-channel digital ESM receiver (dimensions: 191 mm x 95mm x 64 mm) features a "better than 1è18 GHz RF Input", "better than 700 MHz instantaneous bandwidth", high precision direction finding (better than 2 root mean square), minimal phase group delay, minimal amplitude ripple, a dual conversion superheterodyne architecture, and an ethernet interface. The software and hardware lineage of the PRF sensor are derived from multiple BAE Systems Australia initiatives including the Passive Radar Identification SysteM III ESM, ALR2002 Advanced Radar Warning Receiver, and Millimetre-Wave Capability and Technology Demonstrator programmes.
Qualification of the new PRF sensor is scheduled for December 2017.
Going forward, the new dual IIR/PRF seeker capability - which will enable the missile to operate in all weather conditions - will be the standard available for JSM, a Kongsberg spokesperson told Jane's .
Steve Drury, Director for Aerospace, BAE Systems Australia said, "The combination of this PRF sensor with Kongsberg's existing [IIR] seeker provides a significant enhancement enabling the platform to detect, identify, and geo-locate all [RF] emitters in the environment at long range. These identifications, when fused with the data from the IIR seeker, will provide an increase in operational capability."