The U.S. Marine Corps is mulling concepts of operation and a spiral development road map intended to secure the F-35's place at the heart of its electronic warfare and electronic attack capability, targeting an early performance similar to that of the EA-6B Prowler.rnThe Marine Corps is aiming for a baseline capability in 2012, followed by a number of upgrades across various aircraft systems to fully exploit the low-observ-rnable platform's suitability for electronic attack. These upgrades could include a jamming system mounted in reduced radar cross-section pods.rnOfficers suggest the Lockheed Martin P-35 is the obvious choice to provide a successor electronic warfare and electronic attack (EW/EA) capability to the EA-6B Prowler/ALQ-99 combination.
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