1st-Ever Electronic Warfare Strategy Headed For SecDef’s Desk

1st-Ever Electronic Warfare Strategy Headed For SecDef’s Desk
1st-Ever Electronic Warfare Strategy Headed For SecDef’s Desk

WASHINGTON: With Russian jammers blasting Ukrainian radios off the air, the US Defense Department’s racing to regain its edge in electronic warfare. But there’s been no comprehensive strategy to guide all the armed services’ efforts — until now. The first Defense Department-wide electronic warfare strategy is “basically finished” and headed to Secretary Ashton Carter’s desk…

Army Building 1st Battlefield Cyber/Electronic Warfare Team

Army Building 1st Battlefield Cyber/Electronic Warfare Team
Army Building 1st Battlefield Cyber/Electronic Warfare Team

WASHINGTON: This afternoon, Army generals gathered to begin designing a new kind of unit, a tactical cyber/electronic warfare detachment, whose first experimental exercise overseas could be as early as next year. For the first time since the Cold War, at least a small part of the Army could have radio and radar jamming capabilities to…