As it advances plans to introduce the SPEAR-EW stand-in jammer on Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon and F-35B Lightning II combat aircraft, the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has revealed that it has begun parallel studies with Sweden to explore the potential for a joint stand-in jammer program.
The DOD released its FY2024 budget request as the April issue of JED was going to press. In the days before, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) started the process of annual hearings to receive testimony from DOD officials and other defense experts on a range of national security topics, including Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO).
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More than 550 industry and government leaders in electronic warfare gathered for the 50th Collaborative Electronic Warfare Symposium at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, California, March 14-16.
On March 9, President Biden formally submitted his budget to Congress, marking the official beginning of the congressional defense budget process. Of course, in keeping with tradition, the President’s Budget was declared “Dead on Arrival,” especially by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Now its time to grab some popcorn and watch the budget process unfold with no clear consensus on an endgame.
To prevail in a congested electromagnetic spectrum, humans must learn to trust ML algorithms in high-stakes situations like combat. Therefore, cognitive EW, the idea of ML paired with signal processing, classification and automated responses, should be at the forefront of how the EMS community evolves.
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By Atul Chandra The recently concluded Aero India air show, held in the Southern Indian…
By John Knowles The Defense Spectrum Organization (DSO) has outlined the next stages of its…
In this article, David C. Stoudt, Ph.D., discusses directed energy in the DE101 column of the April 2020 issue of JED. At the time, directed energy was a fairly new weapon. JEDonline will continue to release primer articles about this relatively new form of weaponry in the coming weeks.