Perhaps an upgraded 'Intrepid Tiger II' will be carried by USMC F-35Bs?
Yuma hosts first flight for new electronic warfare system09 April 2012
Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Story by Lance Cpl. Sean Dennison
DVIDS - News - Yuma hosts first flight for new electronic warfare system
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Intrepid Tiger II, a government-built system whose ground work began in 2008, is meant to expand the circumference of electronic warfare capabilities. The pod will provide AV-8B Harriers with an electronic attack capability, expanding their utility on the modern battlefield and
paving the way for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force electronic warfare concept that will replace the Prowlers....
...The new pod’s strength lies in its versatility, being controlled by either airborne pilots or ground radio operators. First Radio Battalion, based in Camp Pendleton, Calif., is the first ground-based unit trained to use Intrepid Tiger II.... ...Radio operators can assume control of the pod depending on ground activity if the situation does not cover pilots’ mission preplanning. “This is our first foray into a network centric, system of systems with electronic war-fare capabilities,” said Maj. William Maples, the Headquarters Marine Corps Harrier weapons system requirement officer and a native of Murfreesboro, Tenn. “We’re excited to see the effect it will have to unify combatant commanders in Operation Enduring Freedom.”... ...As Harriers are used primarily for providing close-air support to ground troops, the Harrier community already has an established rap-port with their land-based brethren....
...Harriers also already deploy with Marine Expeditionary Units, making them ideal for the first platform to use the pod. Plans are in the works to bestow Intrepid Tiger II on other platforms, including F/A-18 Hornets, rotary-wing aircraft & unmanned aerial vehicles. The variety of platforms is important, as the Prowlers, Hornets & Harriers slowly make way for the Joint Strike Fighter program....
...“The most important part of this asset is it’s organic to the Corps,” added 1st Lt. David Miller, a 1st Radio Battalion and a native of Chilliocothe, Ohio, noting that ground troops now have a Corps-exclusive electronic warfare capability....”