Lockheed prepping to demo ‘scaled EA’ capability at RIMPAC

Lockheed prepping to demo ‘scaled EA’ capability at RIMPAC
Lockheed prepping to demo ‘scaled EA’ capability at RIMPAC

The company is trying to show it can bring the capabilities of SEWIP Block III to a larger array of ships.

Disrupting the ‘critical linkage’: What is the Navy’s SEWIP?

Disrupting the ‘critical linkage’: What is the Navy’s SEWIP?
Disrupting the ‘critical linkage’: What is the Navy’s SEWIP?

After troubling Pentagon tester report, prime contractor Lockheed Martin says its working closely with the Navy to address the issues.

Northrop Exploring How SEWIP Can Feed Into Project Overmatch

Northrop Exploring How SEWIP Can Feed Into Project Overmatch
Northrop Exploring How SEWIP Can Feed Into Project Overmatch

“We were able to … create new software and put new communication waveforms through the system and demonstrate a class a wave forms it could be critical to the Navy as they look at Project Overmatch,” said Mike Meaney, a Northrop Grumman official.

Northrop Delivers 1st SEWIP Block 3 Jammer To Navy

Northrop Delivers 1st SEWIP Block 3 Jammer To Navy
Northrop Delivers 1st SEWIP Block 3 Jammer To Navy

The long-awaited jammer, a key defense against anti-ship missiles, will now enter land-based testing at Wallops Island, Va. But the Navy must do more, argues EW expert Bryan Clark.

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.

Navy’s New Jammer Passes Critical Design Review: SEWIP Block III

Navy’s New Jammer Passes Critical Design Review: SEWIP Block III
Navy’s New Jammer Passes Critical Design Review: SEWIP Block III

[UPDATED with Bryan Clark comment] The Navy and Northrop Grumman just took a major step forward on defending ships from enemy missiles. Northrop announced this afternoon it had passed a Critical Design Review (CDR) for a new jamming and spoofing system for Navy warships, Block III of the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP, rhymes with Cool-Whip).…

Navy Forges Ahead With New Surface Ship Electronic Warfare: SEWIP

Navy Forges Ahead With New Surface Ship Electronic Warfare: SEWIP
Navy Forges Ahead With New Surface Ship Electronic Warfare: SEWIP

NAVY YARD: American warships are about to get much harder to kill. Armed with new electronic warfare systems, the US Navy “is taking back the spectrum,” Capt. Doug Small says. The great advantage of American warships has long been their ability to absorb punishment and to keep fighting. In the modern era, however, the best defense is electronic:…

Obama’s Shift-to-Asia Budget Is a Hollow Shell Game

If you take the Administration’s word for it, the most recent defense budget represents a sober-minded and far-thinking strategic shift from the Middle East to Asia, creating a smaller, high-tech force oriented increasingly towards inter-state conflict and deterrence. Many are even comparing the Pentagon’s current vision with that of former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld,…