Et tu, Raytheon?
The defense contractor intentionally misspelled a would-be namesake to make the acronym work for a new pod (pictured above) for unmanned aircraft systems.
So Caesar, the Roman emperor/murder victim, became CEASAR, short for communications electronic attack with surveillance and reconnaissance.
The pod, unveiled yesterday at the Association of Old Crows convention, re-packages the EA-18G communications jammer for the MQ-1C Sky Warrior. The US Army is apparently interested in buying a few.
But watch out, CEASAR. Brutus is dead, but keep your eyes out for knife-wielding assassins wearing USAF-blue togas!
The defense contractor intentionally misspelled a would-be namesake to make the acronym work for a new pod (pictured above) for unmanned aircraft systems.
So Caesar, the Roman emperor/murder victim, became CEASAR, short for communications electronic attack with surveillance and reconnaissance.
The pod, unveiled yesterday at the Association of Old Crows convention, re-packages the EA-18G communications jammer for the MQ-1C Sky Warrior. The US Army is apparently interested in buying a few.
But watch out, CEASAR. Brutus is dead, but keep your eyes out for knife-wielding assassins wearing USAF-blue togas!
on October 20, 2009 8:25 PM | Reply
Anything that shows progress on the airborn jammer front, is a good thing in my opinion. The EA-6B Prowlers (with the joint USAF/Navy crews) aren't getting any younger. The EF-111A Ravens were sent to the boneyard long ago (along with it's cousin the F-111 Aardvarks). And the EA-18G "Growler" can't do it all. The Growler has JUST STARTED production and I've already heard grumblings about it being a "legacy system" made for "legacy threats" but what else do we have at this point? The B-2/F-22/F-35 notwithstanding, not all of U.S.A.'s aircraft are stealthy.