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Originally Posted by varmint
Are the targeting heat signatures? Electronic emissions? Or can they go by shape?
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Lots of things.
Electronic warfare covers the spectrum from jamming, decoys, malicious codes, cyber warfare, etc.
The key is, in denied environments, to get the drone there. That is where we come in.
NGC calls our up close and personal capability, since manned jammers need an inordinate amount of energy to jam at distance to survive, "whisper rather than shout".
Dash X can do it's thing from low altitude, near the threat all while flying below the Doppler Notch (approximately 60KTs). They are controlled by the F-18, which we have demonstrated.
Fun stuff.
The current wave of advanced technologies is counter UAS systems.