Navy Forges New EW Strategy: Electromagnetic Maneuver Warfare

Navy Forges New EW Strategy: Electromagnetic Maneuver Warfare
Navy Forges New EW Strategy: Electromagnetic Maneuver Warfare

WASHINGTON: The Navy is crafting a battle plan to retake control of the electromagnetic spectrum, which the Pentagon’s chief of research says we’ve lost. First of all, if adversaries can exploit rapid advances in commercial electronics to run circles around America’s multi-billion dollar arsenal, our slow-moving procurement process needs to be more open to civilian innovation.…

Navy’s Move To Growler 70% Complete; Build-Up Reflects Stealth Doubts

WHIDBEY ISLAND, WASHINGTON: “Every two weeks, we get another Growler,” Cmdr. Christopher Middleton said at the Navy’s electronic warfare hub here. The Navy target is to buy 114 EA-18G Growler aircraft. And it’s those Growler aircraft that will be the cutting edge of future Naval strikes against future “anti-access area denial” defenses like those being…