EA-6B Prowler

EA-6B Prowler

The ability to identify and selectively target enemy combatant electronic transmissions allows the Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler to

monitor and jam signals to defeat the enemy.

The EA-6B Prowler’s primary mission is to suppress enemy air and ground defenses in support of strike aircraft and ground troops by interrupting enemy elec-tronic activity and obtaining tactical electronic intel-ligence within the combat area. The Prowler can also severely disrupt an enemy’s ability to communicate.

The twin-engine, mid-wing EA-6B Prowler is a long-range, all-weather aircraft with advanced electronic countermeasures capability. The Prowler features dual side-by-side cockpits with a four person crew of a pilot and three electronic systems officers.

ICAP III: State-of-the-Art AEANorthrop Grumman’s Improved Capability (ICAP) III selective-reactive jamming capability is America’s premier Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) weapon. Versions of this selective reactive system are on U.S. Marine EA-6B Prowler aircraft and the U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler.

Performing the art and science of AEA requires one of the most complex electronic systems in the military. A sophisticated receiving system must be tightly integrated with the attack system and connectivity elements, all being controlled by a mission system application that is unlike any other. Northrop Grumman’s Advanced Electronic Attack systems are supporting operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and around the globe in the EA-6B Prowler and EA-18G Growler.

The EA-6B provides full-spectrum electronic attack to counter the enemy’s air defenses or attack their com-munication networks as the mission requires. It repre-sents a significantly reduced risk approach over other unproven platforms and systems. Already in the heat of battle, it is combat proven and tested. ICAP III supports a joint environment and is network enabled and linked.

Weapon system speed and accuracy significantly improves response effectiveness with rapid and precise emitter identification and location. Through its Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS), Prowler shares data and coordinates responses via Link-16.

Everything the Northrop Grumman EA-6B ICAP III Electronic Attack system does is designed for one purpose: to help our warfighters successfully attack the enemy whether it’s a modern air defense system or an ad hoc terrorist cell. ICAP III is designed to not only blind radar and protect aircraft, but can also pin-point emitters for Marines and soldiers on the ground.

EA-6B General Characteristics:•PrimaryFunction:Electroniccountermeasures

• Contractor: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

•DateDeployed:FirstFlight:May25,1968; OperationalCapability:July1971

•Propulsion:TwoPratt&WhitneyJ52-P408engines (10,400lbsthrusteach)

• Length:59ft,10in(17.7m)

•Height:16ft,8in(4.9m)

•Wingspan:53ft(15.9m)

•Weight:MaximumTakeOffGrossWeight:61,500lbs (27,450kg)

•Airspeed:500Kts+(575mph,920kmh)

•Ceiling:37,600ft

• Range:1,000nm+(1,150mi,1,840km)

•Crew:Pilotandthreeelectroniccountermeasures officers

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For more information, please contact:

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Military Aircraft Systems Dennis Hayden 703.280.4428•dennis.hayden@ngc.com