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Here’s everything you need to know about the spectrum battle between DoD and industry, which offices control the issues, and which way the Trump administration may be leaning.
By Theresa Hitchens and Carley Welch![F-35 EW system for the future fight](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/BAE-F-35-600x300-2-225x150.png)
Designed with the future in mind, it can keep up with threats that haven’t been developed yet.
By BAE Systems![AUKUS partners to stand up electronic warfare intel-sharing framework](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/241114_aussie_EW_20211016ran8535379_0121-e1731596594417-225x150.jpg)
“We are not out there alone, and we share that with our allies and partners, and they also have some pretty exceptional capabilities,” said Travis Manning, an electronic warfare officer in the Pentagon.
By Carley Welch![If the Pentagon has to share 5G spectrum, it wants some new ground rules](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/10/211027_spectrum_analyzer_3098591-scaled-e1635353750202-225x150.jpg)
DoD officials met with a key industry group this week to outline a framework the Pentagon hopes can kickstart a discussion on a spectrum management program.
By Mike Gruss![DIU launches first AUKUS prize challenge focused on electromagnetic spectrum](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/07/austin-asutralia-scaled-e1690818082644-225x150.jpg)
The Pentagon’s DIU will manage the competition in conjunction with counterpart agencies in Australia and the United Kingdom.
By Justin Katz![US moves to dismiss Ligado spectrum lawsuit, disputes court jurisdiction and claims](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/10/gps-graphic-scaled-e1706296594858-225x150.jpg)
“Ligado fails to plead any plausible facts to support its purely speculative claim that the Government has occupied its licensed spectrum,” alleges the DoJ motion to dismiss the satellite communication firm’s suit in US Federal Claims Court.
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It takes a layered defense plan to be survivable, which means jammers to disable, deceive, and disrupt, along with onboard self-protect and off-board decoys.
By Breaking Defense![DoD’s new cloud-based visualization tool targets electromagnetic spectrum](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/10/211027_spectrum_analyzer_3098591-scaled-e1635353750202-225x150.jpg)
“What this does today … is that it provides the ability to bring a number of different information feeds, a number of different data sources together in one picture,” Kevin Laughlin, deputy director for the program executive office for spectrum, told reporters.
By Jaspreet Gill![Hill defense committees pile on DoD over EW, spectrum ops gaps](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/06/230625_DVIDS_EW_poland_6208921-scaled-e1687696824543-225x150.jpg)
The SASC version of the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), “requires the Department of Defense to address deficiencies in the electronic protection of defense systems,” according to an executive summary.
By Theresa Hitchens and Jaspreet Gill![Army ‘on the cusp of greatness’ with its critical EW programs](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/05/Screen-Shot-2023-05-11-at-5.01.30-PM-225x150.png)
The Army is progressing in its EW portfolio “after a few solid years of investment, lots of support from the Army and from [the Defense Department],” Kenneth Strayer said.
By Jaspreet Gill![STRATCOM wrapping spectrum ops center plan, as military faces bandwidth grab by 5G firms](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/03/USS-Ramage-DDG-61-guided-missile-destroyer-Aegis-e1678391103574-225x150.jpeg)
STRATCOM’s Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Center is focused primarily on repelling threats from Russia and China, but DoD also faces a potentially crippling spectrum grab by US commercial 5G wireless giants.
By Theresa Hitchens![Learning from Ukraine, Army cyber schoolhouse focuses on electromagnetic spectrum](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/08/1398028-scaled-e1660682409929-225x150.jpg)
Gen. Paul Stanton told reporters during a media roundtable at the AFCEA TechNet Augusta conference that the Army is studying the invasion “pretty carefully” to make sure that it knows how to find its enemies and how not to be found itself.
By Jaspreet Gill