ASQ-239 "Barracuda"

The AN/ASQ-239 “Barracuda” is an integrated Electronic Warfare (EW) and self-defense system.
It is able to operate not just with other components within the aircraft such as the APG-81 but it can also operate with other F-35’s over MADL to perform EW operations together.

It’s able to precisely geo-locate emission locations hundreds of kilometers away,
further then it’s radar can see and from there the APG-81 can be slaved to that data track and then detect and track the object with a very narrow beam,
increasing power and detection on target while decreasing detection by other aircraft.

At close range or against targets using Jammers it is capable of narrowband interleaved search and track,
which provides precise range and velocity that can then be used to shoot a missile without the need of the APG-81,
allowing a 360 degree sphere of targeting other aircraft.

The Barracuda can refer to its data-banks of known emissions and identify the source vehicle or store it for future classification.
Other features are false target generation and range-gate stealing, offensive EW is possible,
a towed RF decoy is also a part of the package as is a MJU-68/B Flares system.

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