Army’s Gray Eagle jamming pod program could expand to other aircraft

Army’s Gray Eagle jamming pod program could expand to other aircraft
Army’s Gray Eagle jamming pod program could expand to other aircraft

“Expanding the full deployment of MFEW and where it’s going to end up long term, those are questions we’re having within within the Army,” an Army official told Breaking Defense.

Major Army EW jammer program feeling funding pinch

Major Army EW jammer program feeling funding pinch
Major Army EW jammer program feeling funding pinch

The MFEW-AL program, designed to mount a jammer on MQ-1C Grey Eagles, was one of several EW programs recently discussed by a senior Army program officer.

Army Modernization Budget Drops $4.2B; Budget Drops $3.6B Overall

Army Modernization Budget Drops $4.2B; Budget Drops $3.6B Overall
Army Modernization Budget Drops $4.2B; Budget Drops $3.6B Overall

“We have a lot of people programs and we tried to protect those. Secondly, we tried to protect readiness. Third, we tried to protect modernization,” acting secretary John Whitley says.

Boeing & Lockheed Vie For Cyber/EW/SIGINT System, TLS

Boeing & Lockheed Vie For Cyber/EW/SIGINT System, TLS
Boeing & Lockheed Vie For Cyber/EW/SIGINT System, TLS

The Army has big ambitions for the Terrestrial Layer System, meant to detect, decrypt, and disrupt enemy communications. We spoke to the companies that actually have to build it.

Army Electronic Warfare: Big Tests In ’21

Army Electronic Warfare: Big Tests In ’21
Army Electronic Warfare: Big Tests In ’21

The Stryker-mounted TLS and drone-borne MFEW are the first two nodes in a networked arsenal of sensors and jammers to combat high-tech foes.

Army Awards Lockheed $75M For AI Cyber/Jamming Pod

Army Awards Lockheed $75M For AI Cyber/Jamming Pod
Army Awards Lockheed $75M For AI Cyber/Jamming Pod

Decades after disbanding its Cold War electronic warfare corps, the Army is getting back in the EW game with new cyberspace and machine-learning technologies.

Army Explores Robot Decoys & Cannon-Fired Jamming Pods

Army Explores Robot Decoys & Cannon-Fired Jamming Pods
Army Explores Robot Decoys & Cannon-Fired Jamming Pods

Sun Tzu said all warfare is based on deception. Today, that means electronic deception.

2019 Forecast: Hard Choices On Invisible Warfare

2019 Forecast: Hard Choices On Invisible Warfare
2019 Forecast: Hard Choices On Invisible Warfare

There are real signs of a renaissance in electronic warfare. Now comes the hard part: translating new strategies and concepts into doctrine, requirements, and systems in the field.

Army Reorganizes, Accelerates EW: Synergy Or Hostile Takeover?

Army Reorganizes, Accelerates EW: Synergy Or Hostile Takeover?
Army Reorganizes, Accelerates EW: Synergy Or Hostile Takeover?

ARLINGTON: Outgunned in the airwaves by Russian jammers, the US Army has a new plan for electronic warfare. The Army hopes to rebuild the long-neglected EW branch more quickly — in part, paradoxically, by partially submerging it in other branches, namely military intelligence and cyber. There’s both an equipment aspect and an organizational one. First…

Army’s New Rapid Capabilities Office Studies Electronic Warfare Boost

Army’s New Rapid Capabilities Office Studies Electronic Warfare Boost
Army’s New Rapid Capabilities Office Studies Electronic Warfare Boost

PENTAGON: The brand new Army Rapid Capabilities Office is studying proposals to spend between $50 and $100 million on urgently needed electronic warfare gear, Breaking Defense has learned. The options include sensors to detect radar and radio signals, and jammers to block them, mounted on ground vehicles, soldiers’ backpacks, and drones. Where will the money come…

Army Electronic Warfare Investment Lags Russian Threat

Army Electronic Warfare Investment Lags Russian Threat
Army Electronic Warfare Investment Lags Russian Threat

There is a great disconnect in the Department of Defense. Leaders at the highest levels realize we are falling behind — or have already fallen behind — Russia and China in electronic warfare, the invisible battle of detecting and disrupting the radar and radio transmissions on which a modern military depends. Even in the traditionally lower-tech…

Army’s Electronic Warfare Cupboard Is Bare: No Jammer Until 2023

Army’s Electronic Warfare Cupboard Is Bare: No Jammer Until 2023
Army’s Electronic Warfare Cupboard Is Bare: No Jammer Until 2023

PENTAGON:  The US Army is struggling to fund the increasingly crucial capabilities it fields for electronic warfare, which it largely abandoned after the Soviet Union fell. The Army has over 32,000 short-range defensive jammers to stop roadside bombs, but on current plans, it won’t have an offensive jammer until 2023. “Can that be accelerated? Yes,” said…

Army Electronic Warfare ‘Is A Weapon’ – But Cyber Is Sexier

Army Electronic Warfare ‘Is A Weapon’ – But Cyber Is Sexier
Army Electronic Warfare ‘Is A Weapon’ – But Cyber Is Sexier

WASHINGTON: “Electronic warfare is a weapon,” fumed Col. Joe Dupont. But as the Army’s project manager for EW programs — and its recently declassified offensive cyber division — Dupont faces an uphill battle against tight budgets and Army culture to make that case. Whoever rules the airwaves will be able to keep their networks and sensors…

Army Electronic Warfare Goes On The Offensive: New Tech Awaits Approval

WASHINGTON: Today, somewhere inside the Pentagon, senior Army officers will likely recommend development of new radio-jamming equipment for the post-Afghan War world. After a decade desperately playing defense against radio-detonated IEDs — and, before that, a decade of neglect in the 1990s — Army electronic warfare is taking the offensive again. With their eyes on…