EA-37B (ex EC-37B) Compass Call

[RavenOne]

A sneak preview of USAF new EC-37B Compass Call visiting David-Monthan today, according to Offutt AFB Public Affairs.

Cheers

 

[aonestudio]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEGewKJD64s

Our Best Look Yet At The Air Force’s EC-37B Compass Call Jamming Jet

The highly modified Gulfstream business jet will replace the Air Force's fleet of EC-130H Compass Call electronic warfare planes.

www.thedrive.com

 

[aonestudio]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1564350945273733120

View: https://twitter.com/GulfstreamAero/status/1564350945273733120

 

[aonestudio]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9iy98JFM1k

 

[FighterJock]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9iy98JFM1k

Interesting to see that BAE Systems are to install the jammer onto the Compass Call jamming aircraft, I wonder if there was anyone else in the bidding before BAE won.

 

[aonestudio]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1623841726384291840

View: https://twitter.com/BAESystemsInc/status/1623841726384291840

 

[bobbymike]

US Air Force receives first new Compass Call electronic warfare plane

The Air Force's planned tests will make sure the new Compass Call's electronic warfare capabilities have been properly integrated into the Gulfstream jet.

www.defensenews.com

 

[FighterJock]

No doubt it will give the USAF new capabilities over and above the EC-130.

 

[Robert]

The US MDS designation system is truly dead.

EC-37B Mission Design Series designation change to EA-37B

Air Combat Command’s EC-37B has been redesignated to become the EA-37B effective October 27, 2023.

www.acc.af.mil

EA-37B, really? It's an A-37B Dragonfly modified with special electronics?

 

[aim9xray]

Yes, a modified A-37B Dragonfly with also a coffee maker and stand-up loo.

 

[TomS]

The US MDS designation system is truly dead.

EC-37B Mission Design Series designation change to EA-37B

Air Combat Command’s EC-37B has been redesignated to become the EA-37B effective October 27, 2023.

www.acc.af.mil

EA-37B, really? It's an A-37B Dragonfly modified with special electronics?

Oh, FFS! Why do they even have a nomenclature office anymore?

 

[aonestudio]

New 'Attack' EA-37B Moniker For USAF Electronic Warfare Jets

The switch from EC-37B to EA-37B reflects the aircraft's capabilities, which could go well beyond jamming enemy radars and other emitters.

www.thedrive.com

 

[Robert]

New 'Attack' EA-37B Moniker For USAF Electronic Warfare Jets

The switch from EC-37B to EA-37B reflects the aircraft's capabilities, which could go well beyond jamming enemy radars and other emitters.

www.thedrive.com

I think we've got our suspects:

"'The EC-37 ... frankly operates as much like an EA-37,' Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly, head of Air Combat Command (ACC), said during an online event hosted by the Air & Space Forces Association back in March.
Air Force Col. Josh Koslov, head of the Air Force's 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing, also referred to the aircraft offhandedly as an 'EA-37' during a media roundtable on the sidelines of the Air & Space Forces Association's main annual conference back in September."

 

[aonestudio]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1757513789983863207

View: https://twitter.com/BAESystemsInc/status/1757513789983863207

https://www.baesystems.com/en/article/providing-additional-electromagnetic-warfare-mission-systems-for-u-s--air-force-ea-37b-fleet

 

[Forest Green]

Air Force to add 5 new Compass Call electronic-attack planes in 2025

The Air Force is planning to receive five EA-37B Compass Call electronic-warfare aircraft in 2025 as it moves forward with plans to retire its predecessor.

www.defensenews.com

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1772968324923605497

View: https://x.com/SR_Planespotter/status/1772968324923605497?s=20

 

[Forest Green]

Air Force receives new aircraft for electronic-attack missions

"It flies like a dream," ACC head Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach said of the new EA-37B Compass Call, a heavily adapted Gulfstream jet that will replace the EC-130.

www.defensenews.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1828820597901549752

View: https://x.com/defense_news/status/1828820597901549752

 

[_Del_]

Oh, FFS! Why do they even have a nomenclature office anymore?

It's not a cargo plane with a bunch of fancy stuff bolted on. It's an "electronic attack" plane. Which one do you think would be in more danger of budget pressure in a committee meeting full of people who can't tell a 747 from a Cessna 172?

 

[Robert]

That's fine, give it a proper electronic attack designation, like EA-15.

 

[TomS]

That's fine, give it a proper electronic attack designation, like EA-15.

Or EAC-37, which isn't a strictly correct MDS but doesn't put the new Compass Call in the same base designation as the Tweety Bird.