This is how USA is responding to J20

[Hafizzz]

New Navy Jammer Could Invade Networks, Nuke Sites
New Navy Jammer Could Invade Networks, Nuke Sites | Danger Room | Wired.com

When China’s stealth-fighter prototype took to the air two weeks ago, it intensified what was already a heated debate in Washington over which, and how many, new fighter planes to buy.

Lost in all this noise was the U.S. Navy’s real plan for winning any future air war with China or another big baddie. Rather than going toe-to-toe with J-20s and other enemy jets, the Navy is planning to attack its rivals where they’re most vulnerable: in the electromagnetic spectrum.

The frontline weapon for this electronic war is a new airborne jamming system currently in development. The Next Generation Jammer should allow the Navy to blind the enemy’s radars, disrupt its communications and slip malicious code into computer networks.

The new jammer, and its initial host airplane, the EA-18G Growler (pictured), have quickly become top Pentagon priorities. U.S. regional commanders opted in 2009 to buy more Growlers rather than continue production of the F-22 stealth dogfighter. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced this month that he would accelerate the NGJ’s current five-year-or-so development plan, using cash saved from shutting down redundant command staffs.

Four teams are vying for the jammer contract, including Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, Raytheon and a pairing of Boeing and New York-based ITT. The Navy expects to gradually eliminate competitors until it’s got one supplier.

When all’s said and done, the resulting program could cost billions of dollars. The result should be what ITT vice president Ed Palacio calls a “highly modular, totally programmable” combination of antennas and processors that can be squeezed into the Growler’s underwing pods, as well as into the F-35 and future drones.

One goal is to simply replace the ancient EA-6B radar-jamming planes flown by the Navy and Marine Corps (with some Air Force exchange pilots). But that’s just the beginning for the NGJ. “Electronic attack system and concept of electronic attack has really evolved over years,” Palacio told Danger Room. “Initially, it primarily was a system to deal with enemy air defenses. But as you start going forward and realize the electromagnetic spectrum does many things … [so] if you build a system that can generate power and modulation over a very broad RF spectrum, it can be used not only in traditional roles, but in many different roles.”

Besides radar-jamming, the NGJ should allow the Navy to disable remotely detonated, improvised explosive devices — something the EA-6B already does — as well as insert viruses into command networks, a tactic Israel allegedly first used in combat during its 2007 air attacks on a suspected Syrian nuke site.

Hints that air-launched cyberattacks could shut down industrial (and nuclear) operations could explain why the Air Force has been flying stealthy RQ-170 drones near Iran. The NGJ could expand on that apparent capability.

Never mind the F-22 and its admittedly incredible dogfighting skills, or the purported versatility of the newer F-35 in its fighter-bomber role. With the EA-18G and other planes carrying the Next Generation Jammer, the U.S. military will have a weapon capable of doing more than just firing missiles and dropping bombs. Anything that works in the electromagnetic spectrum — and these days, that’s almost everything — will be fair game.

electromagnetic spectrum is dubbed the "J20 Killer" !!!

 

[SBD-3]

electromagnetic spectrum is dubbed the "J20 Killer" !!!

Nothing new, Jamming is indeed a very effective tool against any aircraft, let alone J-20. But let me remind you that F-22 is now a matured platform (And probably more evolved one as well). I dont see any reason why US would not like to install the new gadgets on F-22 (at least internally). So I still think that China has a lot to do for catching up or causing a headache for F-22. They have decent ECM aircrafts like prowlers and growlers in service. And given that its NAVY who will likely face J-20s rather than USAF I certainly see a bigger case for evolving ECM/EA capability, but eventually things will even up a bit when JSF enters the service. I see the combo of JSF with Growler as a truly deadly, one paralyzing the enemy while other finishing the job

 

[Dragon Emperor]

Is there any way for China to counter this? The aerial platform for ECM aircraft are not stealthy. China's J-20 armed with BVR ramjet AAMs should be able to take out the Prowlers and Growlers at BVR range, right? The only aircraft that J-20s couldn't attack at BVR range are stealth aircraft like F-22, and F-35, B-2etc.

Does China's J-20 have advanced Electronic Warfare capability? The 21st century is ECM warfare. In case some don't know, fighter pilots who encountered UFO flying saucers reported that their aircraft's electronics, radar, and weapons systems jammed when close to UFO. That maybe, if you believe or not, alien's advanced EW. China should research more on ECM capabiliies so that J-20s AESA can fry enemy jets electronics!

 

[gambit]

The title of this thread is misleading. Programs like these are usually in the works behind the news headlines for years, if not a decade if we count the initial feasibility study that led up to the programs. The author made it sound as if the week that the J-20 came out in fuzzy photos, the US went into high gear and came up with this as a 'response'. One should learn to read these articles with a more critical mind. Guess that is too much to ask...

 

[casual]

wow what a bunch of bull
i can tell you that there is no chance in hell you can slip malicious data into a military grade encryption system.

 

[below_freezing]

I really don't think this is going to happen, but I can't say much. I'm pretty sure that the jammer cannot actually effect the physical electronics other than the radar of the enemy plane.

Our own electronic warfare JH-7 also already came out （电子豹）.

 

[Haseebullah]

I think (as usual)this is all made up for the funding from the congress..!

 

[Akasa]

China is also developing an anti-stealth UAV and nose-mounted anti-stealth radars.

So it is a balance.