In mid-1989, AIL Systems Inc was awarded a contract to design, develop and deliver a Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) system to be installed on MBTs.

Under the terms of the contract, AIL Systems Inc has developed a tank RWR subsystem prototype which provides enhanced threat signal detection capability so enabling the MBTto take timely countermeasures and increasing its survivability against potential and emerging Radio Frequency (RF) threats.

The US$1 million contract was administered jointly by the US Army Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) in co-ordination with the then Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM). The RWR will form part of the Suite of Survivability Enhancement System (SSES) which is currently under development by the US Army. Available details of the TACOM sponsored SSES are given in this section.

The RWR system will detect threats automatically, determine the direction of arrival, characterise the nature of the threat and output commands that will ultimately trigger countermeasure devices.

The AIL Systems RWR will use a rapid sorting technique which has been successfully demonstrated on earlier programmes. It will also include hardware and software from the Modular Electronic Warfare Preprocessor (MEWPP) developed by Digital Engineering.

Under development for the US Army. Not yet in production or service.