The Air Defence and Electronic Warfare Systems (ADEWS) Team, part of the ISTAR Operating Centre, sits within D ISTAR under PDG 3 and is based at RAF Henlow.
They are responsible for:
- Ground Based Air Defence Sensors;
- Ground Based Electronic Warfare Training Systems (Spadeadam); and
- Non-MARSHALL Airfield support systems.
They are also responsible for all activities including development, manufacture, in-service support, through-life management, inventory management and disposal.
They currently support the following equipment:
- Radars: T101 Radars, T102 Radars, T92 & TPS 77 Radars.
- EW: AD-Weapon Tracking Systems, Emulators, and Simulators.
- Support Systems: Radios, CYFAS Controller, Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) in Gibraltar & Falkland Islands, T101 Radar Voice Recorder, Telebrief, ARIP, School of Air Battlespace Management (SABM) Simulator at RAF Boulmer.
Reference
Doing Business with Defence Handbook. Edition 24 (2018).