April 23, 2011. French army officials fight improvised explosives (IEDs) - road bombs, in part with a radio-controlled IED wave jammer at Thales, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Vehicles equipped with electronic defense systems can prevent the IED from exploding when triggered remotely. SIMMT (Maintenance Ground Maintenance Equipment) won the contract. SIMMT is an organization responsible for providing lifelong support for French land equipment. Thales will support most of the French jammers deployed for life, helping to manage the supply chain and working with troops in theater. Thale employees in the theater will help train the soldiers. We maintain portable jammer. The training lasted for a year to improve the technical skills of operators and make their equipment more autonomous so that they can perform advanced maintenance tasks on their own. Thales provides end-to-end supply and logistics services for telephone jammer subcomponents between France and any external combat zone where the country's armed forces are located. This service can guarantee the availability of equipment in all circumstances. “The threat of combating IEDs is a key priority for the presence of troops in theaters. There are hundreds of attacks every month, especially in Afghanistan, ”said Thales vice-president Laurent Maury.
March 4, 015. US military explosive disposal experts order additional electronic warfare jammers (EWs) for the deployment of improvised explosive device (IED) infantry fighters in dangerous areas around the world.
Officials at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) in Headland, Md., Announced on Tuesday that they had signed a $ 27.9 million contract modification deal with Sierra Nevada Corp. of Sparks, Nevada, to purchase a number unspecified IED AN / PLT-5 electronic equipment Jammer to support explosives disposal personnel.
The Sierra Nevada AN / PLT-5 THOR II is a portable wifi jammer designed to deal with radio controlled improvised explosive devices in order to prevent EOD technicians from being attacked by improvised explosive devices and other deliberate explosive devices and from them. prevent approaching suspiciously The device is activated in the case, thus preventing an explosion.
As part of this contract amendment, Sierra Nevada will perform this work in Rancho Cordova, Calif., And is expected to be completed by March 2016.