Ustka, Poland -- Soldiers from the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command along with joint partners from the United States Navy conducted electronic warfare testing on air defense systems June 7.
As part of a joint and multinational collaboration taking place at exercise Anakonda 16, Soldiers from Delta Battery, 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment powered on their Patriot Enhanced systems this morning. What sets today apart from any other day in the field is that today these air defenders are anxiously awaiting to have their radar equipment jammed.
"What we're doing today is radiating in the hopes of getting jammed." explained 1st Lt. Joseph Foss, the Delta Battery Fire Control Platoon Leader, "The data we'll collect will be sent to TCM (TRADOC Capability Manager) and will eventually be used to improve our software."
The Navy pilots flew into Ustka airspace in their Boeing EA-18G Growlers, with a full compliment of electronic warfare capabilities. Throughout the day these specialized versions of the F/A-18F Super Hornet flew overhead blasting various jamming frequencies while the Soldiers from the 10th AAMDC meticulously recorded the resulting readings.
This exercise, which is only the first of many electronic warfare exercises scheduled for Anakonda 16, collected pristine data that will be sent back to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command Capabilities Manager. From there the data will be analyzed and those results will be used to improve both air defense and electronic warfare equipment.
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