Electronic protection (EP) takes high priority vs. top adversaries in discipline of electronic warfare (EW)
Jun 10th, 2021
Senior Pentagon leaders try to understand the importance of electronic protection to safeguard sensors, more than platforms, from enemy jamming.
Electromagnetic Superiority 10 June 2021
BELCAMP, Md. – The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) risks failing to achieving electromagnetic superiority against top adversaries because military leaders silo different aspects of electronic warfare (EW) across various portfolios. C4ISRnet reports. Continue reading original article
The Military & Aerospace Electronics take:
10 June 2021 -- Dave Tremper, director of electronic warfare for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, was referring to electronic protection (EP), which involves shielding systems from spoofing or jamming.
He has made electronic protection one of his top priorities since getting into the job -- even though he does not have direct responsibility for protecting systems from EW of top adversaries. Electronic protection falls under intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR); position, navigation and timing (PNT); and communications communities because this discipline refers to features and not systems.
https://www.militaryaerospace.com/sensors/article/14204897/electronic-protection-ep-electronic-warfare-ew-top-adversaries
