ESM AN/SLQ-32 SEWIP, 일본에 첫 판매

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록히드 마틴이 1억 1천 300만 달러 규모의 계약을 체결해 AN/SLQ-32 SEWIP을 일본 해자대에 판매한다고 하네요. 거의 모든 미해군 수상함에 설치돼 있지만 해외 판매는 이번이 처음이라고 합니다. 어떤 배에 설치할지는 기사에 나와있지 않지만 신조하는 이지스 호위함에 설치할 것 같네요. 

GD가 SEWIP 블록1, 록히드 마틴이 블록2, 노스롭 그루먼이 블록 III를 생산한다고 하니 최신 SLQ-32(V7)이 아니라 SLQ-32(V6)를 파는 건가 봅니다. 

Japan to get US Navy's Lockheed-made EW system in first international sale - Breaking Defense

Japan to get US Navy's Lockheed-made EW system in first international sale - Breaking Defense

Japan to get US Navy’s Lockheed-made EW system in first international sale

The first international sale of SEWIP is to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force.

By   Justin Katzon October 29, 2024 at 8:00 AM

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Yudachi (DD 103) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) sail together in formation with Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) on Nov. 19, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Benjamin Ringers)

WASHINGTON — For the first time the Japanese military will be installing a Lockheed Martin electronic warfare anti-ship missile capability on its vessels, courtesy of a new $113 million contract, the company announced today.

“The purchase for Japan marks the first international sale of the premier shipboard electronic warfare system in the world,” according to a Lockheed statement. “Japan is a critical ally in the Western Pacific. Having [Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program] provides the same state-of-the-art system for detecting and identifying threats that the U.S. Navy uses, enhancing shipboard capabilities, and increasing interoperability with the U.S. Navy.”

The Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program, or SEWIP, refers to the AN/SLQ-32 system, which the Navy often calls “slick 32,” and is being installed on almost every surface ship in the American fleet. Generally EW uses electromagnetic or directed energy to accomplish one of three objectives: electromagnetic attack or jamming an adversary’s systems, defensive measures to protect personnel or protect equipment from getting jammed and electronic support which focuses on surveillance and identifying sources of electromagnetic energy.

As Lockheed Martin puts it, “SEWIP allows sailors to protect the ship from the threats you can see (incoming missiles) to those you can’t (radar jamming).”

RELATED: Disrupting The ‘Critical Linkage’: What Is The Navy’s SEWIP?

The SEWIP program has four blocks, with varying levels of capability: General Dynamics makes Block I, Lockheed Martin produces Block II, Northrop Grumman is responsible for Block III and the fourth block is a yet-to-determined future upgrade. In general, Lockheed Martin’s block specifically focuses on enhancing the system’s electronic sensing capabilities.

Lockheed’s block is installed on the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and both classes of the Littoral Combat Ship as well as planned for installation on the US Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter.

The sale to Japan comes as the White House has made multiple efforts to strengthen the US-Japan relationship through defense technology cooperation and investments among other things.

In April, Washington and Tokyo announced plans to “bilaterally upgrade our respective command and control frameworks to enable seamless integration of operations and capabilities and allow for greater interoperability and planning between U.S. and Japanese forces in peacetime and during contingencies.

“More effective U.S.-Japan Alliance command and control will strengthen deterrence and promote a free and open Indo-Pacific in the face of pressing regional security challenges,” the White House said.

The Navy announced last week that an American F-35B landed onboard a Japanese destroyer for the first time while exercising off the coast of California.

Microsoft PowerPoint - SLQ-32 - SEWIP_SNA2022_v0.pptx

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https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/3879423//
>option exercise of full rate production Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program AN/SLQ-32(V)6 and AN/SLQ-32C(V) six systems.
SLQ-32(V)6와 SLQ-32C(V)를 6세트 산다는 의미일까요? 그나저나 32C는 LCS에 들어가는 간략형으로 알고 있습니다만... DDG 금강(...) 4척 대체를 준비할 때가 되었으니 V6를 4세트, MD용 이지스함은 Lite형 2세트면 아구가 맞을 것 같기도 합니다.

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기사에 계약 상세내용은 안 실려 있었는데 6세트였군요.

세종대왕급엔 SLQ-200K SONATA가 붙어있네요. 일본의 기존 이지스 호위함에는 자국산 ESM 장비가 붙어있었고.. 이래저래 개발을 해 봐도 원판을 이길 순 없나 봅니다 ㅋㅋ