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MUTES Trains Deployed Electronic Warfare Officers
Andersen AFB, Guam (AFNS) Oct 12, 2006 Deployed Guardsmen from the 266th Range Squadron at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, are helping B-52 Stratofortress electronic warfare officers quickly identify potential aircraft threats at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, as part of the Air Force's continuous bomber presence in the Pacific. The National Guard Airmen operate, maintain and repair the Multiple Threat Emitter System, or MUTES, a system designed to simulate the signals radiated by early-warning radar, surface-to-air and air-to-air missiles, and some types of anti-aircraft batteries. The threats can be sent up to 75 nautical miles away, said Master Sgt. Ronnie Pruit, MUTES work center supervisor. "There are different scenarios we run that contain a number of threats," said Sergeant Pruit. "Our transmitters simulate different signals using almost the entire radio frequency spectrum, and we can shape those pulses to look like any threat the EWOs want us to simulate." For the EWOs assigned to the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., the site provides a training opportunity that helps them to quickly identify and counter potential threats to the "Buff," said Capt. Scott Case. As a trainer and evaluator, Captain Case said the main objective of the MUTES training is to quicken the response time of the airborne EWOs. "The MUTES helps us to identify threats we don't see stateside on a regular basis," he said. "Threat identification is crucial to the defense of the aircraft. If an EWO can identify a threat, they can counter it." As an added benefit, the close proximity of the MUTES site and the bomb squadron allow constant and instant feedback between the two units, helping to fine-tune the various training scenarios. Evaluators and technicians sit side-by-side in the MUTES control cab, monitoring and grading the airborne EWO response and ability to identify threats. "I really enjoy working with these guys," said Staff Sgt. Scott Campbell, MUTES ground radar technician. "It gives us a view of the operations side of the house that we don't normally get to see, and it lets us know exactly what the EWOs need. I also get to see the effects of what we do in the big picture. It feels like we are making a difference." Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Read the latest in Military Space Communications Technology at SpaceWar.com Military Space News at SpaceWar.com
Guessing Games For Japan's "Information Gathering Satellite" Program
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Oct 11, 2006In September this year, Japan launched its latest "Information Gathering Satellite", a somewhat neutral term for what is, realistically, a spy satellite. The launch of this spacecraft in such a volatile geopolitical climate in North-East Asia attracted surprisingly little media coverage, apart from a series of short reports from syndicated news agencies. Not much was said in the aerospace media, either. |
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