IntelWeb General Information - Abbreviations and Acronyms ACOUSTINT accoustic intelligence COMINT communications intelligence COMSEC communications security ELINT electronic intelligence FISINT foreign instrumentation signals intelligence HUMINT human intelligence INFOSEC information security LASINT laser intelligence MASINT measurement and signature intelligence OSCINT open sources intelligence RADINT radar intelligence SIGINT signals intelligence SIGSEC signals security TAREX target exploitation TELINT telemetry intelligence ----------------------------------------------------------------------- AN Nomenclature Equipment Designations The AN Nomenclature Equipment Designations are made up of three parts.... Platform / Installation, Equipment Type, and Purpose. The best way to illustrate these designations is with an example: Example: AN/APG-66 Fire Control Radar A: Piloted Aircraft P: Radar G: Fire Control or light Directing Use the links below to examine the designations for each category: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Platform / Installation A Airborne B Underwater mobile, submarine D Pilotless carrier F Fixed ground G General ground use K Amphibious M Mobile (ground) P Portable S Water T Ground transportable U General utility V Vehicular (ground) W Water surface Z Piloted-pilotless airborne vehicle combination ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Equipment Type A Invisible light, heat radiation B Underwater mobile, submarine C Carrier (wire) D Radiac G Telegraph or teletype I Interphone and public address J Electromechanical or inertial wire covered K Telemetering L Countermeasures M Meteorological N Sound in air P Radar Q Sonar and underwater R Radio S Special or combinations or types T Telephone (wire) V Visual and visible light W Armament X Facsimile or television Y Data processing ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose A Auxiliary Assemblies B Bombing C Communications D Direction finder, reconnaissance and/or surveillance E Ejection and/or release G Fire control or Light directing H Recording and/or reproducing K Computing M Maintenance and/or test assemblies N Navigational aids Q Special or combination of purposes R Receiving, passive detecting S Detecting and/or range and bearing, search T Transmitting W Automatic flight or remote control X Identification or recognition Y Surveillance & control ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW DEFINITIONS Command, Control and Communications Countermeasures: The integrated use of operations security, military deception, jamming and physical destruction, supported by intelligence, to deny information to, influence, degrade or destroy adversary C3 capabilities and to protect friendly C3 against such actions. Also called C3CM. Superceded by Command and Control Warfare. Command and Control Warfare: The integrated use of operations security (OPSEC), military deception, psychological operations (PSYOP), electronic warfare (EW) and physical destruction, mutually supported by intelligence, to deny information to, influence, degrade or destroy adversary command and control capabilities, while protecting friendly command and control capabilities against such actions. C2W applies across the operational continuum and all levels of conflict. C2W is both offensive and defensive. Counter-C2: To prevent effective C2 of adversary forces by denying information to, influencing, degrading or destroying the adversary C2 system. Counter-C3: That division of C3CM comprising measures taken to deny adversary commanders and other decision-makers the ability to command and control their forces effectively. Superceded by Counter-C2 C3-Protection: That division of C3CM comprising measures taken to maintain the effectiveness of friendly C3 despite both adversary and friendly counter-C3 actions. Superceded by Counter-C2. C2-Protection: To maintain effective command and control of own forces by turning to friendly advantage or negating adversary efforts to deny information to, influence, degrade or destroy the friendly C2 system. Electronic Attack: That division of electronic warfare involving the use of electromagnetic or directed energy to attack personnel, facilities or equipment with the intent of degrading, neutralizing or destroying enemy combat capability. Also called EA. Electronic Countermeasures: That division of electronic warfare involving actions taken to prevent or reduce an enemys effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum. Also called ECM. Electronic Counter-Countermeasures: That division of electronic warfare involving actions taken to ensure friendly effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum despite the enemys use of EW. Also called ECCM. Electronic Protection: That division of electronic warfare involving actions taken to protect personnel, facilities and equipment from any effects of friendly or enemy employment of electronic warfare that degrade, neutralize or destroy friendly combat capability. Also called EP. Electronic Warfare: Any military action involving the use of electromagnetic and directed energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum or to attack the enemy. The three major subdivisions within electronic warfare are electronic attack, electronic protection and electronic warfare support. Electronic Warfare Support: That division of electronic warfare involving actions tasked by, or under direct control of, an operational commander to search for, intercept, identify and locate sources of intentional and unintentional radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition. Thus, electronic warfare support provides information required for immediate decisions involving electronic warfare operations, threat avoidance, targeting and other tactical actions. Also called ES. Electronic Warfare Support Measures: That division of electronic warfare involving actions taken under direct control of an operational commander to search for, intercept, identify and locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition. Thus, electronic warfare support measures provide a source of information required for immediate decisions involving ECM, ECCM, avoidance, targeting and other tactical employment of forces. Also called ESM. _______________________________________________________________________ Electronic Warfare Programs by AN Nomenclature The following is a listing, in alphanumeric sequence, of some current US armed forces EW-related equipment. The joint service AN/-prefix has been omitted. In some instances, the responsibility for development and production of certain systems has changed over time, or has overlapped between two or more companies. In these instances, more than one company may be listed under the "Contractor(s)" category for some products without detailed explanations of the relationship between the companies, due to space considerations. The following abbreviations are used in system descriptions: ESM = electronic systems measures, IR = infrared, MAWS = missile approach warning system, RWR = radar warning receiver. AN/ Number Contractor(s) Description ------------------------------------------------------------------- AAQ-16 Hughes Night vision system AAR-44 Cincinnati Elect. IR MAWS AAR-44(V) Cincinnati Elect. Upgraded version of AAR-44 Raytheon AAR-47 Loral IR MAWS Hercules ALD-11 Litton ELINT system ALE-29 Tracor Countermeasures dispenser used on EA-6B ALE-36 Tracor Airborne chaff and flare dispensing pod ALE-38 Tracor Airborne bulk chaff dispenser used by AF ALE-39 Tracor Airborne expendables dispenser used by Navy ALE-40 Tracor Principal AF expendable dispenser ALE-41 Tracor Airborne bulk chaff dispenser used by Navy ALE-43 Lundy Airborne chaff cutting system ALE-45 Tracor Airborne countermeasure dispenser, developed for F-15 ALE-47 Tracor ECM dispenser to replace ALE-39 and -40. ALE-50 Raytheon Advanced Airborne Expendable Decoy ALM-234 AAI Radar simulator ALQ-99 AIL Tactical noise jamming system for EA-6B Litton Raytheon ALQ-100 Lockheed Sanders Deception jammer ALQ-126 Lockheed Sanders ECM deception system; multiple band track breaker ALQ-131 Westinghouse ECM pod for tactical aircraft (F-16, F-111, A-10) Loral (sub) ALQ-135 Northrop Grumman Internal ECM jammer, p/o TEWS ALQ-136(V)2 ITT Helicopter radar jammer ALQ-137(V) Lockheed Sanders Jammer on F-111 ALQ-142 Raytheon Airborne receiver for LAMPS ALQ-144 Lockheed Sanders IR jammer for helicopters and surface ships ALQ-149 Lockheed Sanders Communications jammer ALQ-153 Westinghouse Active missile approach warner ALQ-156 Lockheed Sanders Helicopter active missile warning system ALQ-157 Loral IR countermeasures system ALQ-161 Eaton ECM system for B-1B AIL Northrop Grumman ALQ-162 Northrop Grumman CW radar jammer ALQ-164 Lockheed Sanders Jammer on AV-8B ALQ-165 ITT ASPJ for F-14, F-16, F-18 and EA-6B Westinghouse ALQ-167 Rodale Modular RF jammer ALQ-172 ITT Jamming system for B-1B and B-52 ALQ-178(V) Loral RF jammer with integrated RWR ALQ-184 Raytheon Pod mounted jammer, replaces ALQ-119 ALQ-187 Raytheon RF jammer ALQ-196 Lockheed Sanders RF jammer on C-130 ALQ-199 Loral Pulse Doppler missile warning system ALQ-202(V) Loral RF jammer ALR-46 Litton RWR on F/RF-4, A-10, B-52, AC/MC-130, F-5 ALR-56A/C Loral Reprogrammable threat-warning receiver ALR-56M Loral(prime) Advanced RWR Litton ALR-59 Litton ESM for E-2C ALR-62 Litton Receiver for F-111 and EF-111 ALR-66B(V)3 Litton RWR/ESM for P-3C ALR-67 Litton RWR for F-14, F-18, EA-6B and AV-8B ALR-69 Litton RWR for F-16, A-10 and F-4E ALR-73 Litton ESM for E-2C (update of ALR-59) ALR-74 Litton RWR (update of ALR-69) ALR-76 IBM RWR for S-3 and EP-3 ALR-77 Eaton ESM for P-3C AIL ALR-91(V)3,4 Litton ECM receiver on F-4, F-5, F-16 ALR-606 Litton RWR ALT-40 AEL CW jammer APG-63 Hughes Multimode nose radar for the F-15 APM-427 AAI Radar simulator APQ-140 Raytheon J-band multi-mode electronic scan radar APQ-144 Raytheon Multi-mode nose radar for F-111F APQ-164 Westinghouse Navigational and weapon delivery radar for B-1 APQ-171 Texas Instruments Airborne terrain-following and mapping radar APQ-174 Texas Instruments Airborne terrain-following and mapping radar APQ-181 Hughes Multi-mode radar for B-2 APD-13 E&S Corp. Airborne ESM on RC-12K APQ-170 E&S Corp. Terrain following/avoidance radar APQ-175 E&S Corp. Airborne nav., ground-mapping radar APR-39 Litton RWR for use on helicopters APR-43 Loral RWR, used with ALR-45 and ALQ-162 APR-47 McDonnell Douglas RWR (replaces APR-38) APR-50 Loral Federal Sys. ESM system for B-2 APS-94 Motorola Airborne side-looking surveillance radar APS-116 Texas Instruments Airborne maritime surveillance radar APS-125 GE Airborne early warning radar APS-130 Norden Systems Airborne search and navigation system APX-76 Hazeltine Airborne IFF interrogator APX-83 AIL Airborne IFF interrogator for E-2C AVS-6 ITT Aviator's night vision system Litton BLD-1 Litton Submarine, marine ELINT system BQM-34 Teledyne Ryan UAV (Firebee) BRD-7 Lockheed Sanders Submarine DF system GPQ-11 Metric Systems Range threat simulator FPS-88 GE Medium-range D-band radar, improved version of FPS-8 FPS-115 Raytheon UHF ballistic missile detection (Pave Paws) FPS-117 GE 3D long-range air defense radar FPS-124 Unisys Corp. Unattended, medium-range air defense surveillance radar FPS-127 MetricSystems Height-finder radar simulator FSQ-T22 AEL RF threat simulator FSQ-T25 AAI EW trainer MLQ-T4(V)1 AEL Ground Jammer for range applications MLQ-34 AEL Communications tactical jammer Lockheed Sanders MLQ-36 General Motors Mobile EW support system MLQ-T6 Cincinnati Elect. Communications data link jammer MPQ-47 Whittaker SAM simulator MPQ-T3A Metric Systems AAA radar simulator MPS-38 Whittaker Acquisition radar simulator MPS-T9 Metric Systems Ground control/intercept radar simulator MPS-T10 Whittaker SAM fire control radar simulator MSR-3 Lockheed Sanders TACJAM-A C3CM system AEL MST-1(V) General Dynamics MUTES threat simulator Aydin MST-T1A(V) Harris Mini-MUTES threat simulator MSQ-103 E&S Corp. TEAMPACK ESM monitoring system MSQ-T13 Metric Systems Range threat simulator MSQ-T43 Whittaker Modular threat emitter PVS-7 ITT Infantry night vision system Litton SADS-2W Whittaker Range emitter simulator SQ-103 E&S Corp. Ground based ESM system SLQ-32 Raytheon Shipboard EW suite SPQ-9 Lockheed Track-while-scan surface fire control radar SRS-1 Lockheed Sanders Shipboard/submarine ELINT/DF system SSQ-95 Litton Active electronic buoy TLQ-17A Loral Fairchild Countermeasures and jamming set TPQ-45 Sierra Research AAA, SAM simulator TPS-59 GE 3D tactical radar TPS-63 Westinghouse USMC tactical surveillance radar TPS-73 Unisys Mobile tactical radar system TPS-75 Westinghouse 3D tactical air defense surveillance radar TPT-T1(V) Sierra Technology Unmanned Threat Emitter TLQ-17 Loral Fairchild Portable HF/VHF jammer TSQ-112 GTE ECM ground warning and jamming system TSQ-138 ESL Tactical, ground-based comm intercept & DF TSQ-164 Andrew SciComm HF intercept, DF and analysis system TSQ-166 E-Systems Deployable imagery processing system ULQ-16 ESSI Pulse analyzer with built-in data library ULQ-22 ESSI Precision microwave pulse analyzer USM-406 Lockheed Sanders Flight-line EW tester USQ-103 Condor Signal intercept and analysis system USR-4 Condor ELINT system VLQ-5 Loral Fairchild C3 countermeasures system VPQ-1 E&S Corp. Tactical radar threat generator