ITT Exelis To Supply Defensive Electronic Warfare System To Pakistan

The Pakistan Air Force has awarded ITT Exelis a $54 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract to provide modern, digital radio frequency memory-based jamming pods. Exelis’ Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare System (AIDEWS) integrates digital radar warning receivers and advanced jamming countermeasures systems to provide pilots with situational awareness and protection against radar-based threats, including modern surface-to-air and air-to-air weapon systems. This contract enables the pod-mounted variant of AIDEWS to be fully qualified for the F-16 aircraft. “This pod-mounted system brings electronic warfare technology to our customers at much less expense,” said Rich Sorelle, vice president and general manager of the Exelis Integrated Electronic Warfare Systems business area. “Since AIDEWS is being adopted by many of our international allies and is based on our modular and scalable EW technology, future upgrade costs are shared and affordable. Legacy and new F-16 aircraft fleets share the exact same components for internally mounted and external pod versions, significantly reducing the cost of ownership.”