electronic warfare Archives

Northrop Grumman F-16 EW Suite (Northrop Grumman photo)

F-16 electronic self-protection system reaches milestone, sets up operational test

The Northrop Grumman-made IVEWS successfully passed the Air Force’s Joint Preflight Integration of Munitions and Electronic Sensors test.

Jul 18, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

FORT EISENHOWER, Ga. – Lt. Col. Luis Etienne (left), commander of the 11th Cyber Battalion (Leviathans), 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber), passes the C Company (Capybara), 11th CY, guidon to Capt. Sean Cushman signifying his assumption of command in the Eisenhower Conference and Catering Center, July 11 (Photo by Steven Stover, 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber)).

Army activates company to fill out cyber battalion

Charlie Company, the last unit of the 11th Cyber Battalion, was activated in a ceremony at Fort Eisenhower July 11.

Jul 15, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

The TLS Manpack solution consists of Kraken (left) and Beast+ (right) as shown at the CACI booth at AUSA. (Photo by Mark Pomerleau/Staff).

Army awards nearly $100M manpack electronic warfare procurement contract

Mastodon Design LLC, a CACI subsidiary, scored a procurement and fielding contract for the TLS-BCT Manpack system, building on its September 2023 prototype award.

Jul 1, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

KuRFS and Coyote provide the detect and defeat components of the U.S. Army’s counter-UAS solution, called LIDS: the Low, slow, small, unmanned aircraft Integrated Defeat System. (RTX image)

Army sees combo of kinetic, non-kinetic capabilities as essential to combating China’s military mass

The Army's new All-Domain Sensing cross-functional team is working to synchronize its kinetic and non-kinetic capabilities.

Jun 13, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

U.S. Army 125th Intelligence Electronic Warfare (IEW) Battalion, Electronic Warfare team, gives a capabilities brief of the V-Max to Colonel Paul Hayward, Deputy Commander – Interoperability, 25th Infantry Division, during Exercise Super Garuda Shield 2023, at the 5th Marine Combat Training Center, Puslatpur, Indonesia., Sept. 3, 2023. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Thornburgh)

Army shaping electronic warfare approach for the Pacific

The Army will need layered capabilities that are platform agnostic and easily reprogrammable to contend with challenges in the Pacific.

Jun 4, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

U.S. Army Specialist Melvin Robertson, a signal support systems specialist, attached to Task Force Wolfhound participates in electronic warfare training in Djibouti, Africa on Feb. 9, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph P. LeVeille)

Army units won’t all receive the same electronic warfare systems — and ‘that’s OK,’ officials say

Units across different theaters will receive different capabilities to address threats and terrain.

May 31, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

Staff Sgt. Kristoffer Perez, Cyber Electromagnetic Activities section, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, points toward a nearby objective during the final day of training with his section’s new equipment at Fort Riley, Kansas. (Photo by Sgt. Michael C. Roach, 19th Public Affairs Detachment)

Army examining what electronic warfare means in the future, ‘tranching’ capabilities to units

The Army has determined who will be the functional mangers for electronic warfare.

May 30, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract to prototype the Terrestrial Layer System-Brigade Combat Team system on Strykers. (Lockheed Martin photo)

Army plans to split up signals intelligence, electronic warfare platform

The Army plans to continue experimenting over the next 12 to 18 months, before making a rapid fielding decision.

May 30, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to “Wild Bill” Platoon, 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment and 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment conduct electronic warfare training during Combined Resolve XV, Feb. 23, 2021 at the Hohenfels Training Area. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Julian Padua)

Army drafts new electronic warfare concepts for above and below division

As the Army looks to field a raft of new EW capabilities, it needs concepts of operations for how they'll be deployed and integrated.

May 16, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

House NDAA provision would require Army to create Electronic Warfare Center of Excellence

Legislation part of the annual defense policy bill would require the Army to create an Electronic Warfare Center of Excellence, moving training and doctrine from the Cyber…

May 13, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau