The US Department of Defense and Australian Department of Defence have established an international agreement concerning the co-operative development of Airborne Multi-Platform Electronic Warfare capabilities.
Under the AMPEW Project Arrangement, personnel from the US and Australia will continue to engage daily to develop technologies under the six-year agreement.
The Project Arrangement serves as the mechanism under which the United States Navy and Australia are executing the EMW RAM Coalition Warfare Program project and Future Naval Capability.
This is a partnership between Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division Office of Naval Research; Naval Air Systems Command; Royal Australian Air Force; Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Group; and industry for both the US and Australia.”
The AMPEW deal will also see Defence capabilities collaborating with partners in the US DoD to jointly undertake studies to identify future co-operative development opportunities directed towards increased airborne multi-platform EW capabilities.