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The 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron completed the first round of MQ-9A Reaper ground and flight testing with the Angry Kitten ALQ-167 Electronic Countermeasures Pod at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, in April 2023.

Fur-midable: US Air Force pairs Angry Kitten jammer with Reaper drone

Angry Kitten’s name is a brew of inside joke and design goals, and is a departure from the typically terrifying military moniker, like Hellfire or Stryker.

By Colin Demarest

2 weeks ago

INDOPACOM’s Aquilino seeks more electromagnetic resources for Pacific

The contest for electromagnetic spectrum superiority in any conflict involving the U.S., China or Russia is expected to be intense.

By Colin Demarest

6 weeks ago

US forces could learn from intense electronic war battle in Ukraine

Ukraine has lost nearly 100 drones to Russian electronic attacks on navigation systems through a tactic known as GPS spoofing.

By Shawn Snow

4 years ago

Marines and sailors practice fighting at sea using an 80-year-old communication tactic

It’s a tactic liken to the carrier pigeons of World War I, which carried important tactical battlefield messages across the front lines.

By Shawn Snow

4 years ago

EA-6B Prowler, one of the saltiest warfighters in the Marine Corps, retires

The Prowler has supported the Corps in nearly every major conflict in the past 40 years.

By Shawn Snow

4 years ago

The sun’s setting on Corps’ last EA-6B Prowler squadron with end of final deployment

The EA-6B Prowler has been around since the Vietnam War.

By Shawn Snow

5 years ago

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