Work Elevates Electronic Warfare, Eye On Missile Defense

Work Elevates Electronic Warfare, Eye On Missile Defense
Work Elevates Electronic Warfare, Eye On Missile Defense

UPDATED: Kendall & Kaminski Comments On EW Spending, New EW Council WASHINGTON: The Pentagon is creating a new high-level council to direct all Pentagon electronic warfare programs, Deputy Secretary Robert Work said this morning. The Pentagon’s top weapons buyer and the Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will lead the group, which will make permanent a top-level focus…

EW Needs $2B More A Year; ‘Major Deficiencies’ Found By Defense Science Board

EW Needs $2B More A Year; ‘Major Deficiencies’ Found By Defense Science Board
EW Needs $2B More A Year; ‘Major Deficiencies’ Found By Defense Science Board

WASHINGTON: A classified Defense Science Board study, now on the desk of Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work, recommends that the Pentagon invest an additional $2 billion a year in electronic warfare and create a high-level executive committee to oversee the four services’ EW spending. “We need to dig ourselves out of a big hole, because we…