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Defense Primer: Electronic Warfare

17 November 2022

The following is the Nov. 14, 2022, Congressional Research Service report Defense Primer: Electronic Warfare.

From the report

Electronic warfare (EW), as defined by the Department of Defense (DOD), are military activities that use electromagnetic energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum (“the spectrum”) and attack an enemy. The spectrum is a range of frequencies for electromagnetic energy. EW supports command and control (C2) by allowing military commanders’ access to the spectrum to...

https://news.usni.org/2022/11/16/defense-primer-electronic-warfare

Flight Tests Begin on Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band Pods; Could Reach Milestone C This Fall

19 August 2020

Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) flies for the first time on an EA-18G Growler, Aug. 7, over Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. The NGJ-MB capability, forward pod located under the right wing of the aircraft, is a jamming technology that provides enhanced airborne electronic attack capabilities to the EA-18G Growler platform. US Navy photo.

The Navy’s Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) pod began its first flight tests earlier this month and could move into production this fall.

An...

https://news.usni.org/2020/08/19/flight-tests-begin-on-next-generation-jammer-mid-band-pods-could-reach-milestone-c-this-fall

Report to Congress on U.S. Military Electronic Warfare Research and Development

16 April 2019

The following is the April 15, 2019 Congressional Research Service report, U.S. Military Electronic Warfare Research and Development: Recent Funding Projections.

From the report

The National Defense Strategy Commission identified Electronic Warfare (EW) as a critical capability to ensure the U.S. military remains competitive. In its FY2019 and FY2020 Defense Budget overview documents, the Department of Defense (DOD) identified EW as a priority to improve platform and network survivability;...

https://news.usni.org/2019/04/16/report-to-congress-on-u-s-military-electronic-warfare-research-and-development

Navy Leaders Will Hold Program Managers More Accountable for Cutting Time, Cost

10 December 2018

An artist’s rendering of a Raytheon AN/ALQ-249 mid-range jammer on an EA-18G Growler. Raytheon Image

ARLINGTON, Va. – Even within the regular acquisition system, the Navy expects that all of its program managers will find ways to shave time and money off their programs. Anything less is a failure of leadership, the principal military deputy for the Navy acquisition chief said at an engineering conference last week.

Much has been made in recent years of Congress giving the Navy new rapid...

https://news.usni.org/2018/12/10/navy-leaders-will-hold-program-managers-accountable-cutting-time-cost

GAO Denies Raytheon Next Generation Jammer Protest; Navy Signs Contracts with L3, Northrop

26 October 2018

An artist’s rendering of a Raytheon AN/ALQ-249 mid-range jammer on an EA-18G Growler. Raytheon Image

The Government Accountability Office has denied a protest by Raytheon over a contract award for the Navy’s Next Generation Jammer, according to a posting on the GAO website.

With the protest concluded, Naval Air Systems Command has now awarded contracts to L3 and Northrop Grumman to study the low-band portion of the Navy’s three-part strategy to replace the legacy ALQ-99 system found on the Navy’s...

https://news.usni.org/2018/10/26/gao-denies-raytheon-next-generation-jammer-protest-navy-signs-contracts-l3-northrop