The US Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a $334.4 million contract modification to produce up to nine additional Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 electronic attack (EA) systems, including the first shipset for installation on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (CVN).
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Good morning ladies and gentlemen, family and friends, love ones and teammates. My name is Senior Chief Angie Quackenbush, or Quackers as she insisted on calling me when we first met nearly 15 years ago. As a young sailor at my first duty station, she had become my first friend, which turned into forever friends, adventurers, and soul sisters. A friendship that remained strong through the trials and tribulations of deployments, duty stations, time, and distance. A friendship that was truly a gift that cannot be explained through words.
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Whiz Wheel used to calculate the employment of Mk214 (Seduction) and Mk216 (Distraction) decoy chaff rounds in a tactical environment, nearly obsolete today.
So what are Mk214 and Mk216 decoy chaff rounds?
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Station HYPO 