The US Navy (USN) has selected BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems and Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems to develop a new towed offboard radio frequency (RF) countermeasures system to protect the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter against RF threat radars. Known as the Dual Band
Airborne Systems is a New Jersey-based company that designs and produces military troop parachutes, rescue survival equipment and safety restraint harnesses.