Textron System

Electronic Systems

When lives are at stake, it’s imperative that critical mission systems perform precisely and reliably every time. Electronic Systems provides advanced training aids, confidence testers and support to those who imagine, manipulate and exploit the electromagnetic spectrum. So you can dominate modern warfare with confidence.

1.Products

Universal Test Set (UTS™)

The AN/GLM -11 V(1) UTS (NSN 5865-01-580-1528) and AN/GLM-11 V(2) are end-to-end confidence testers for communications equipment, as well as the primary tester for Counter Remote Control Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic Warfare, or CREW, systems.

These systems are capable of stimulating electronic support measures and measurement of electronic countermeasure radio frequency jamming codes. It is also used for systems integration laboratory, depot and flight line confidence testing.

Reconfigurable Trainer

Our customizable Reconfigurable Trainer architecture is a versatile and highly effective foundation for electronic warfare simulators, virtual maintenance trainers, communications equipment trainers, crew simulators, mission rehearsal trainers, manned-unmanned teaming trainers, space command and control trainers, and other complex military applications.

Hosted on commercial, off-the-shelf PCs, the Reconfigurable Trainer has been used as the basis for both the T25 Simulator for Electronic Combat Training, as well as the F-35 Lightning II Aircraft Systems Maintenance Trainer.

Our equipment model library contains more than a hundred installed systems across radar, electronic warfare, communications, navigation, signals intelligent and other user-defined systems.

Range Simulation Equipment

Success on the training range sows mission success. Skilled students with optimal training outcomes not only understand the equipment on which they’ve received training, but can perform to expectations in the field with that equipment and in accordance with doctrine.

Textron Systems’ training range simulation equipment delivers the same rich, high-fidelity environment enjoyed in systems integration laboratories and flight line applications – for seamless interoperability and maximized training outcomes.

Learn more about our range simulation systems:

• Our new Phantom™ Dual Threat Emitter is a handheld device designed to stimulate both laser warning receivers and missile warning sensors. Threat scenarios can be a combined laser and ultraviolet (UV) stimulation, or separate.
• The Man-Portable Aircraft Survivability Trainer, or MAST™, accurately replicates the visual effects of an infrared (IR) threat-based weapon to stimulate UV-based aircraft survivability equipment systems for more realistic aircrew training events.
• Our Portable Range Threat Simulator, or PRTS™, uses the sophisticated radio frequency capability of our Model 527™ to generate complex, multispectral signals for search, launch, track and other scenarios.
• The Griffen™ -25 and -50 are medium-range electro-optic test sets designed to stimulate UV missile warning systems at range, enabling opposing forces training. It also can be utilized for flight line testing.
• The Mallina™ product family, including the UV LED Mallina and the NemesisTM IR Beacon Mallina, are designed to stimulate missile warning systems at varied standoff ranges. Ideally suited for aircraft survivability equipment aircrew training and survivability equipment test and evaluation, the system can be remotely operated.
• The Phoenix Lite™ is a medium-range, electro-optic system designed to stimulate one- and two-color IR missile warning systems, as well as directed IR countermeasure, or DIRCM, fine-track sensors. 

Radio Frequency (RF) Synthesizers

Textron Systems’ trusted RF product suite leads the industry with interoperable, customizable and powerful test and simulation support from the lab to the flight line. Keep your systems operating at peak performance and equip them for greater application flexibility with our RF synthesizers.

Our VXI and LAN Controlled RF Source in-work minimize signal loss and noise for maximum signal density and simulation power. They are utilized in many RF Automated Test Equipment applications, including aviation, surface vessels and space.

Our state-of-the-art electronic warfare simulator uses identical phase coherent, VME direct digital Synthetic Stimulus Instruments (SSIs) as the RF signal source.. Our Advanced Architecture Phase Amplitude and Time Simulator (A2PATS™) system, which uses the VME SSI, can be tailored upward with varying numbers of SSIs per port to support even the most stringent and demanding test scenarios.

We also offer RF synthesizers for our JSECST™ (Joint Service Electronic Combat Systems Tester) flight line test set, the Lab JSECST™, the Model 527™ Radar Signal Simulator andLab Model 527™ and other customer-defined uses.

Preflight Testers

Thousands of Textron Systems’ preflight testers are in use around the world, across the U.S. Department of Defense and allied nations. These are the systems of choice for some of the world’s most sophisticated aircraft platforms. Our precise and user-friendly systems keep personnel and equipment safe with reliable assessment of mission-readiness – covering electronic warfare, communications, navigation and other subsystems.

Our systems are ruggedized, portable and easy to use. We offer a comprehensive range of preflight testers to address your most complex requirements:

• Our Baringa™ products are missile warning system test sets, with the basic Baringa 5.5 for all UV missile warning systems including the AN/AAR-47, -54, -57 and -60. The Infrared (IR) Baringa can be used to stimulate one- or two-color IR missile warning systems.
• The Solent™ IR Jammer Test Set is used to verify IR countermeasure systems in a completely unclassified manner. It measures both the modulation characteristics of the IR countermeasure systems, as well as the radiant intensity of their jamming signals.
• The Hydra™ test set is used to stimulate laser warning receiver systems by simulating a number of laser threats, including beam riders, target designators and range finders. A laboratory variant, the Hydra SIL™ also is available to better accommodate the needs of systems integration laboratories.
• Our Model 527™ validates electronic warfare radar warning receiver systems on operational aircraft through free-space radiation functional testing.
• The Multi-Spectral Test System (MSTS™) verifies radars, radar warning receivers, missile warning systems, laser warning systems and other radio frequency systems onboard aircraft. It builds on the success of our MEON™, an end-to-end flight line confidence test set for directional infrared countermeasure, or DIRCM, and ultraviolet missile systems.

Multi-Spectral Test System (MSTS) and MEON™

Our handheld MSTS verifies radars, radar warning receivers, missile warning systems, laser warning systems and other survivability equipment onboard aircraft, providing operators the tools they need to confidently validate the operational status of installed electronic combat systems. And with setup times of five minutes or less, preflight checks are as efficient as they are effective.

The MSTS builds on the proven success of the MEON, our end-to-end flight line confidence test set for directional infrared countermeasure, or DIRCM, and ultraviolet missile systems. The MEON is ruggedized, battery-operated, and can be handheld or mounted on a tripod.

Model 527™

Textron Systems’ Model 527 Radar Signal Simulator (NSN 6949-01-563-1116 and P/N 39300-40002-10; NSN 6940-01-524-5640 and P/N 40291-40002-10) validates electronic warfare radar warning receiver systems – including antennas, transmission lines, radomes, cockpit displays and controls – on operational aircraft through free-space radiation functional testing. It also can be used for preflight verification of avionics systems (B-kit) and transmission paths (A-kit). The lightweight, battery-powered system also is fully compatible with the company’s electro-optic/infrared/laser simulators, allowing a true, multispectral test package.

The Lab Model 527 takes this same functionality from the flight line to research facilities, offering many threat simulation options, from simple continuous wave or pulsed single emitters to complex, multiplexed radio frequency emitters modeling several threats at once. This capability allows sophisticated, high-fidelity simulated environments to be developed for verification of radar warning receiver capabilities.

The Model 527 also serves as the radio frequency signal generator for our Portable Range Threat Simulator (PRTSTM), adding even greater functionality and value.

Advanced Boresight Equipment (ABE®)

Textron Systems’ ABE (NSN 4920-01-575-4554 for the Model 310A Green; NSN 4920-01-540-4173 for the AN/UVM-34 Model 310A White) is a state-of-the-art, gyro-stabilized, electro-optical angular measurement system designed to align mission systems on any land, sea or air vehicle.

With measurement accuracy of up to 0.1 milliradian and a full, 360-degree measurement range, our ABE system is a trusted flight line tester for precise, repeatable measurements, as well as minimized boresight time, training and manpower requirements.

Our ABE system is comprised of our common core test set (Models 300, 310, 310A and 410A), plus a platform-specific personality module to tailor the operating characteristics of the tester to the aircraft, vehicle or vessel under test. Adapter sets are available for dozens of platforms, including F-35 variants, the AH-64D, AH-1 variants, C-130 variants, C-17, H-60 variants, Eurofighter and Nimrod. A full list of currently supported platforms is available here.

ABE has been used across the U.S. Department of Defense, and by numerous international allies, for years – the trusted system for fast, accurate results every time. 

Joint Service Electronic Combat Systems Tester

The AN/USM-670A JSECST™ (NSN 4920-01-618-5101) is a flight line test set for critical aircraft electronic warfare, communications and navigation systems. Trusted across the U.S. Department of Defense and numerous allied nations, the JSECST can be utilized for dozens of platforms.

Comprised of a common Core Test Set and a tailored Test Program Set with antenna couplers or interface adaptors to customize performance characteristics to the platform under test. The most recent JSECST upgrade adds decades of system life. It also delivers the capability to test a range of new mission-critical aircraft systems including electronic warfare, communications and navigation. A full list of currently supported aircraft platforms is availablehere.

In addition, we have translated all of the same capability and functionality from the flight line to our Laboratory JSECST (NSN 6940-01-619-8416), designed for the rigors of the systems integration laboratory.

Hundreds of JSECST systems are fielded around the world, testing dozens of fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft. Trust Textron Systems for reliable and precise flight line testing.

Advanced Architecture Phase Amplitude and Time Simulator (A2PATS™)

There is only one A2PATS – our advanced electromagnetic environment electronic warfare (EW), communications and electronic intelligence simulator provides unmatched performance and flexibility, verifying that U.S. and allied aircraft EW systems can precisely locate, identify and defend against virtually all ground-based and surface-to-air missile threats. Systems use threat translation technology to incorporate legacy threat libraries for backward compatibility.

Electronic Systems' plug-and-play, continuously aligned system uses identical phase coherent, direct digital Synthetic Stimulus Instruments (SSIs) as the radio frequency source for all signals. Customers can build their A2PATS capability as time, budget and requirements allow. With the addition of cabinets and SSIs, we can create signal density for an even richer, more high-fidelity simulated environment.

Let us help you build your ideal A2PATS system:

• Single or multiple cabinets
• Single or multiple radio frequency (SSI)
• Number of SSIs per output port