Army’s new PEO IEW&S: ‘Holistic’ relook at reorganized office needed for evolving threats

Army’s new PEO IEW&S: ‘Holistic’ relook at reorganized office needed for evolving threats
Army’s new PEO IEW&S: ‘Holistic’ relook at reorganized office needed for evolving threats

Brig. Gen. Ed Barker said he’s outlined a 100-day plan as he takes over the Army’s program executive office for intelligence, electronic warfare and sensors.

Army taps Lockheed for second phase of long-range EW, surveillance program

Army taps Lockheed for second phase of long-range EW, surveillance program
Army taps Lockheed for second phase of long-range EW, surveillance program

Lockheed will build the prototype TLS-EAB system at its facility in Syracuse, NY, “in the coming months,” and the Army hopes to field the system by fiscal 2025.

With new contract, Army’s integrated EW and intel system for brigades reaches next phase

With new contract, Army’s integrated EW and intel system for brigades reaches next phase
With new contract, Army’s integrated EW and intel system for brigades reaches next phase

Lockheed Martin will deliver three prototypes of the vehicle-mounted technology suite under the new contract.

Super-Jammer Goes To Army Multi Domain Task Force

Super-Jammer Goes To Army Multi Domain Task Force
Super-Jammer Goes To Army Multi Domain Task Force

The Army Requirements Oversight Council will meet to approve the TLS-EAB program on July 9.

‘Spectrum Superiority’ Key To All Domain Operations: Gen. Hyten

‘Spectrum Superiority’ Key To All Domain Operations: Gen. Hyten
‘Spectrum Superiority’ Key To All Domain Operations: Gen. Hyten

“We have a lot of work to do before we get there,” Vice Chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. John Hyten says of the Pentagon’s efforts to implement its new Electronic Spectrum Superiority Strategy.

Army Wants New Mega-Jammer In 2023: TLS-EAB

Army Wants New Mega-Jammer In 2023: TLS-EAB
Army Wants New Mega-Jammer In 2023: TLS-EAB

Mounted on a pair of heavy trucks, the Terrestrial Layer System – Echelons Above Brigade (TLS-EAB) will do long-range jamming for high-level HQs – and fry the circuits of incoming enemy missiles as well.

Boeing & Lockheed Vie For Cyber/EW/SIGINT System, TLS

Boeing & Lockheed Vie For Cyber/EW/SIGINT System, TLS
Boeing & Lockheed Vie For Cyber/EW/SIGINT System, TLS

The Army has big ambitions for the Terrestrial Layer System, meant to detect, decrypt, and disrupt enemy communications. We spoke to the companies that actually have to build it.

Army Electronic Warfare: Big Tests In ’21

Army Electronic Warfare: Big Tests In ’21
Army Electronic Warfare: Big Tests In ’21

The Stryker-mounted TLS and drone-borne MFEW are the first two nodes in a networked arsenal of sensors and jammers to combat high-tech foes.

Army Won’t Build Recon Satellites: Lt. Gen. Berrier

Army Won’t Build Recon Satellites: Lt. Gen. Berrier
Army Won’t Build Recon Satellites: Lt. Gen. Berrier

The Army’s eager to use NRO, NGA, and other agencies’ satellites to spot far targets for its new thousand-mile missiles, not to build its own, the deputy chief of staff for intelligence said.

Army Explores Robot Decoys & Cannon-Fired Jamming Pods

Army Explores Robot Decoys & Cannon-Fired Jamming Pods
Army Explores Robot Decoys & Cannon-Fired Jamming Pods

Sun Tzu said all warfare is based on deception. Today, that means electronic deception.

Digital Arsenal: Army Inches Forward On Electronic Warfare

Digital Arsenal: Army Inches Forward On Electronic Warfare
Digital Arsenal: Army Inches Forward On Electronic Warfare

To counter Russia’s electronic warfare battalions, the Army wants to field a revolutionary EW weapon by 2023. But how do they get there?

Army Boosts Electronic Warfare Numbers, Training, Role

Army Boosts Electronic Warfare Numbers, Training, Role
Army Boosts Electronic Warfare Numbers, Training, Role

AUSA: The Army is giving its electronic warfare force more troops, more training, and a more prominent role in combat headquarters, senior officers said here Thursday, pushing back on criticisms that the service neglects EW even as Russia and China pull ahead. The number of EW troops has increased from 813 (both officers and enlisted)…

Army Wrestles With SIGINT vs. EW

Army Wrestles With SIGINT vs. EW
Army Wrestles With SIGINT vs. EW

This internal budget battle in the Army could cede the actual battlefield to high-powered Russian and Chinese jammers, electronic warfare advocates fear, with the same lethal consequences for US troops that Ukrainian forces have suffered since 2014.

Army Reorganizes, Accelerates EW: Synergy Or Hostile Takeover?

Army Reorganizes, Accelerates EW: Synergy Or Hostile Takeover?
Army Reorganizes, Accelerates EW: Synergy Or Hostile Takeover?

ARLINGTON: Outgunned in the airwaves by Russian jammers, the US Army has a new plan for electronic warfare. The Army hopes to rebuild the long-neglected EW branch more quickly — in part, paradoxically, by partially submerging it in other branches, namely military intelligence and cyber. There’s both an equipment aspect and an organizational one. First…