ALR-69

AN/ALR-69 devices are radar warning receivers, used in from the early 2000s on aircraft including the A-10 Thunderbolt II, F-4 Phantom II, MH-53 PAGE LOW, F-16 Fighting Falcon and C-130 Hercules. This radar warner performs rapid and accurate radar enemy emissions location. They are an incremental improvement on the older AN/ALR-46 radar warning receiver. In turn, a new increment ALR-69A(V) went into production by Raytheon as of August 2005.

The AN/ALR-69A(V) solved some part obsolescence problems with the ALR-69, but also added a hostile emitter location capability. Before having location capability, the aircraft essentially used countermeasures in the blind, such as the AN/ALE-37 expendables dispenser and the AN/ALE-37 jammer.

A rapid and accurate location of radiofrequency emitters by networked aircraft without using external hardware only depending on their ALR-69A(V) warners.

On 26 June 2006, the US Air Force awarded Raytheon a $9.3 million contract for 10 AN/ALR-69A(V) all-digital radar warners to replace older ALR-69(V) installed on C-130, F-16, A-10 and MH-53 aircraft. These 10 systems were scheduled for delivery in 2007. The first ALR-69A(V) procurement contract was issued in August 2001 for 17 such systems. ALR-69A(V) solves the part-obsolescence problems on the ALR-69(V) radar warning receiver.

ALR-69A(V) highly advanced digital radar warning receiver is based upon ALR-69(V). ALR-69A(V) program started in August 2001 with flight tests beginning in late 2005. Its low rate initial production (LRIP) decision was anticipated in 2006. In August 2005 ALR-69A(V) was selected for the Advanced Tactical Targeting Technology (AT3) program to be demonstrated in 2007 on three Block 30 F-16s under a $10 million contract. AT3 focus on rapid and accurate location of radiofrequency emitters by networked aircraft without using external hardware only depending on their ALR-69A(V) warners.

On 26 June 2006, the US Air Force awarded Raytheon a $9.3 million contract for 10 AN/ALR-69A(V) all-digital radar warners to replace older ALR-69(V) installed on C-130, F-16, A-10 and MH-53 aircraft. These 10 systems were scheduled for delivery in 2007. The first ALR-69A(V) procurement contract was issued in August 2001 for 17 such systems. ALR-69A(V) solves the part-obsolescence problems on the ALR-69(V) radar warning receiver.