Category: Electronic warfare

Italian-British-Japanese GCAP 6th generation fighter program specializes in air superiority

Announced at the 2018 Farnbourouh air show, the Futur Combat Air System program and the British 6th generation Tempest fighter was then perceived by many experts as a proud response to the announcement of the upcoming launch of the Franco-German SCAF program in autumn 2017. And even if European partners, such as the Italian Leonardo or the missile MBDA, participated in the British program, many questions remained as to the budgetary sustainability of such a program by London. However, the political determination of the British did not waver, and the first significant investments for the development of the program were not long in being announced, with in passing…

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Hard-kill, SEAD, wandering munitions…: the future French LPM is preparing for high intensity

Although all the arbitrations have not yet been made, the content of the future Military Programming Law which will cover the period 2024-2030 is beginning to be partly known, whether through certain official statements by the Minister for the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu, Chiefs of Staff and even President Emmanuel Macron. Thus, the overall budget seems to target an envelope of €413 billion over the period, i.e. an average annual budget of €58 billion, almost 32% more than the budget for the armed forces in 2023 (€44 billion), and 66% more than the 2017 budget (€35 billion). Once integrated into a…

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The electronic warfare version of the Typhoon for the Luftwaffe far less ambitious than expected

In March of this year, the German Chancellery and the Ministry of Defense confirmed the forthcoming order for 35 F-35A combat aircraft from the American Lockheed-Martin to carry out nuclear sharing missions within the framework of NATO, in order to to replace the Tornado dedicated to this mission since the end of the 80s within the Luftwaffe, as well as about fifteen Typhoons, in an electronic warfare version and suppression of enemy anti-aircraft defenses, in order to replace the Typhoon ECR still in service. This announcement was made as part of the €100 billion envelope announced on February 27 following the offensive…

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Thales ready to meet the SHORAD/CIWS needs of the French armies

Several critical weaknesses affecting the French armies have been repeatedly detailed on Meta-Defense. As part of the preparation of the 2024-2030 Military Programming Law, it seems, according to information that has filtered into the public domain, that several of them are now taken into account, with solutions envisaged in the relatively short term. This is particularly the case of the ability to destroy enemy anti-aircraft defenses and electronic warfare for the Rafale, the Chief of Staff of the Air and Space Force having announced, during his hearing by the Defense Committee of the National Assembly, that this capacity, initially provided for in…

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LPM 2023: 5 technological Quickwins to strengthen the French Armies in the face of High Intensity

We come to the conclusion of this series of articles devoted to the issues, risks and opportunities that frame the design of the next Military Programming Law. In recent days, through the voice of the Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu, certain tracks have been revealed as to the priority objectives of this LPM, such as the doubling of the operational reserve (Hypothesis 1 of the article "The" Army at the crossroads paths”), and like the reorganization of the industrial effort in order to reinforce the strategic autonomy of the country. It is obvious that the greatest unknown, to date, remains the organization, the financing and the scale of this effort, subjects which…

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LPM 2023: a trajectory already mapped out for the Air and Space Force?

During the 2000s and until 2015, the French Air Force, which has since become the Air and Space Force, was largely privileged, and sometimes envied, vis-à-vis the other armies. In fact, it captured, on its own, almost half of the credits for equipment devoted to Programs with major effects, forcing both the Army and the Navy to review some of their programs by reducing their volumes and spreading out the calendars. This situation was not so much due to government preference or a form of lobbying, as to strong industrial constraints. Indeed, it was then necessary in order to maintain in activity…

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LPM 2023: Stealth Drone or Electronic Warfare Burst, it will take one of the two

To engage above a highly contested theater of operations, the French air forces have a very powerful aircraft, the Dassault Aviation Rafale. By its ability to fly at high speed at very low altitude, the French aircraft can indeed take advantage of the masking of the terrain to avoid radar detection, at least as far as terrestrial radars are concerned. In addition, the plane has a reduced radar signature, without being qualified as stealthy, even if this characteristic tends to wither when the Rafale carries several cans of fuel and missiles or bombs on pylons. The device also has a very powerful self-protection system…

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Russian forces prevail in Electronic Warfare in the Donbass

If during the first two months of the war, the Russian armies seemed unable to impose themselves in the field of electronic warfare, recent reports concerning the fighting in the Donbass indicate that Moscow would have learned the lessons of these past failures and now relies on a very intense electromagnetic jamming on this theater. Dreaded before the war in Ukraine, the Russian armies' electronic warfare capabilities were surprisingly ineffective during the first weeks of the conflict, allowing Ukrainian forces to carry out coordinated actions of numerous small combat groups, supported by a large number of…

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What solutions to deal with the threat of light drones and vagrant ammunition?

At the start of the Russian offensive against Ukraine, the balance of power, particularly in terms of available firepower, was so much in favor of the Russian forces that it seemed very difficult, if not impossible, for the Ukrainian forces could withstand more than a few weeks in the face of the onslaught of fire and steel that was to come. However, the Ukrainian command managed to use its available means to the best of its ability to exploit the opponent's weaknesses, such as the need to stay on paved paths and roads, to harass with mobile and determined infantry units, the Russian logistics lines , while blocking mechanized offensives by…

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The US Navy wants to eliminate 5 squadrons of electronic warfare aircraft EA-18G Growler

Since the retirement of the last EF-111A Ravens from the US Air Force in 1998, the US Navy has been the only US air force with a fleet of tactical fighters dedicated to electronic warfare and suppression of enemy anti-aircraft defenses. , initially on EA-6B Prowler, then, from 2011, on EA-18G Growler, a version of the F/A 18 F Super Hornet specifically for this mission. However, the Pentagon's needs for this type of mission did not disappear with the withdrawal of the EF-111As, and the F-16C/D equipped with HARM missiles were not sufficient to ensure the escort missions of the air forces in contested areas. It's here…

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