CRITICAL NEED FOR SUPPORT- All these aircraft suite requires considerable modernization to keep pace with surface-to-air threat technology advancements and proliferation. Modernized EW suite subsystems, architecture, and countermeasures will allow ANG aircraft to conduct full spectrum combat operations in the vast majority of today’s contested environments
STATES IMPACTED - All ANG Aircraft at CONUS and OCONUS sites
MISSION CRITICAL NEED - To survive, ANG aircraft require a Geo-locating radar warning receiver capable of processing signals in a dense RF environment and automatically direct countermeasures to defeat those threats. Increased situational awareness is needed to correlate on board and off-board threat detection, terrain masking, and optimized dynamic rerouting capabilities to minimize exposure to threats
DEPLOYMENT JUSTIFICATION- A robust integrated electronic attack suite that includes the ALR-69A DRWR will enable all aircraft to either survive current and future radars
FUNDING JUSTIFICATION - Incorporating features such as a 69A DRWR capability in all these aircraft are identified as unfunded requirements in the ANG Modernization books and have been identified to the USAF for funding
USAF FUNDING TO DATE – USAF and ANG will fund 69A DRWRs for their Combat and Mobility aircraft in the Program Objective Memorandum and the National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account (Appn 0350)
ANG REQUIREMENT – 69A is the Program of record for USAF, ANG and AFRC Aircraft and this is a change from previous yrs.