BAE Systems

BAE Systems Australia plays a central role in the development of Australia’s sovereign battlespace capability. Our forces rely on information and controlling the electromagnetic spectrum in order to assert superiority against adversaries. The ability to identify an unknown object is absolutely critical for safety and mission execution.

Our biggest contribution to Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) has been the Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN). JORN is a state-of-the-art defence network made up of three remote radars which provide wide area surveillance and play a vital role in supporting the Australian Defence Force’s air and maritime operations, border protection, disaster relief and rescue operations.

Electronic Warfare (EW) involves exploiting the electromagnetic environment to disrupt and impede adversaries. EW measures such as jammers and decoys are a vital part of both defensive and offensive weapons on land, sea and air platforms. To combat the invisible battlespace we have developed the Mantlet Electronic Support Measure (ESM), a sensor that provides the ability to detect and identify nearly all radio frequency emitters, including radio, TV, mobiles, Wi-Fi, radars and missiles.