BAE wins Navy contract for ‘quick-turnaround’ electronic countermeasure January 5 The $4 million award is for a radio frequency countermeasure system on the P-8A Poseidon aircraft. (Mark D. Faram/staff) WASHINGTON BAE Systems received a $4 million contract from the Navy for a “quick-turnaround” demonstration of a new radio frequency countermeasure system for the P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The system will be a lightweight pod mounted to the aircraft that will add a new self-protection capability to the Poseidon, the company said in a Jan. 5 announcement. The system consists of a small form factor jammer, a high-powered amplifier and the AN/ALE-55 Fiber-Optic Towed Decoy, BAE said. It jams signals to guide missiles away from the aircraft to the towed decoy.