RR-170 Navy 1x2 Chaff Countermeasure
The Navy 1x2 Chaff Countermeasure is a RF passive (chaff) countermeasure that provides aircraft survivability and protection against RF guided threats and tracking radars. It is intended to provide a chaff countermeasure capability for the F/A-18E/F aircraft. The Navy 1x2 Chaff Countermeasure consists of a rectangular case approximately 1x2 inches in cross section and 8.1 inches in length. The chaff decoy will be an All-Up-Round (AUR), composed of the following basic components; an integral impulse cartridge, two separate RR-170 sized chaff payloads, containing the same dipole lengths and count as the RR-170/AL, and new spider-type end caps. The chaff countermeasure will be dispensed upon command from the ALE-47 CMDS, firing one of the 1x1 sections within 15ms of receipt of the fire pulse, and firing the remaining 1x1 section within 50ms of the first section being initiated.
Sources and Resources
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/equip/rr-170.htm
Maintained by Robert Sherman
Originally created by John Pike
Updated Saturday, January 08, 2000 4:00:24 PM