MERC has developed and tested electronic attack (EA) techniques for various EW systems managed by the Electronic Warfare Avionics Integration Support Facility. These EA assessments rely heavily on our expertise with closed-loop operational testing (CLOT) assets, which assess the EA techniques’ suitability for use against general and specific threat radar/missile systems.
MERC is a major participant in the sustainment of the B-1 Defensive Avionics System (DAS). Specifically, MERC maintains the embedded software for the DAS and assesses and tests various upgrades to the system. During these assessments, CLOT assets, principally Laboratory Intelligence Validated Emulators systems, are commonly used to assess the suitability of these upgrades.