BAE Systems Reveals Handheld Cognitive Electronic Warfare Technology for DARPA
27 September 2016 - 11:00PM
Business Wire
Through a contract from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency (DARPA), BAE Systems has developed a new
lightweight, handheld tactical sensor that soldiers can easily
carry and use to better understand radio frequency (RF) signals for
enhanced situational awareness.
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BAE Systems' work on DARPA's new handheld
electronic warfare technology is designed to provide better
tactical situational awareness for superior troop protection and a
greater ability to defeat hostile threats. (Photo: BAE Systems)
By using cognitive processing algorithms, this handheld
electronic warfare (EW) technology can quickly detect and identify
multiple interfering signals, such as jammers or enemy
communication signals, across a wide spectrum and in changing and
challenging environments. The new capability can be leveraged
across multiple platforms and can integrate, for example, into a
variety of EW, SIGINT, and signal receiver and communication
systems, both large and small.
“By drastically reducing the size, weight, and power of this new
cognitive EW system, we’re making it easier for our warfighters to
be aware of, classify, and manage a wide range of signals in the
battlespace, which is crucial for tactical situational awareness,”
said Joshua Niedzwiecki, director of Sensor Processing and
Exploitation at BAE Systems. “Better situational awareness on the
battlefield means superior protection for our troops and a greater
ability to defeat hostile threats.”
The technology was developed under DARPA’s Computational
Leverage Against Surveillance Systems (CLASS) program and the
Cognitive radio Low-energy signal Analysis Sensor ICs (CLASIC)
program. This new handheld EW capability improves on today’s
portable spectrum analyzers, which are often bulky, power hungry,
and unable to handle interference or classify the signals they
detect. Using advanced signal processing algorithms, BAE Systems
radically reduced the time and the computing power needed to
process detected signals to such an extent that the new system uses
only one low-power chip. The result is a 10-times reduction in
size, weight, and power compared to conventional spectrum
analyzers.
During recent field tests, the new technology successfully
detected and identified more than 10 signal types across a wide
bandwidth in the presence of interference. The company expects to
continue to mature this technology for eventual deployment within
its EW, SIGINT, and tactical communications portfolios.
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