BAE Systems Successfully Tests SABER Technology for Compass Call Upgrade
April 05 2021 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
BAE Systems successfully flight tested its Small Adaptive Bank
of Electronic Resources (SABER) technology, paving the way for a
critical software upgrade to the EC-37B Compass Call, a
next-generation electronic warfare aircraft. Teams from both BAE
Systems and the U.S. Air Force conducted tests on 11 flights of an
EC-130H from Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona.
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Teams from BAE Systems and the U.S. Air
Force conducted tests of SABER on 11 flights of an EC-130H from
Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona, paving the way for a
critical software upgrade to the EC-37B Compass Call. Image credit:
BAE Systems
The SABER system is a major technological advance –
transitioning from hardware to software-based electromagnetic
spectrum (EMS) warfare capability for the U.S. Air Force and its
Compass Call weapon system. The system is built on a suite of
software defined radios using an open system architecture and will
provide the backbone of the EC-37B’s operating system.
“SABER allows flexibility to update systems without significant
physical reconfiguration,” said Pam Potter, director of Electronic
Attack Solutions at BAE Systems. “It also adapts to new
applications as well as revisions to existing applications. It is
the technology that will enable the U.S. Air Force to rapidly and
proactively respond to emerging enemy threat systems.”
SABER complies with Department of Defense standards to embed
protective measures during product design, as well as leverages an
open architecture to enable hosting of various government
contracted applications.
Additional SABER testing in 2021 will focus on simultaneity of
engagement capacity, dynamic resource sharing, rapid integration,
and operation of multiple additional applications.
Work on SABER is being conducted at BAE Systems’
state-of-the-art facility in Hudson, N.H.
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