US Navy mulls adding info warfare specialists on more submarines
By Colin Demarest
Thursday, Feb 23
SAN DIEGO — Pilot projects launched last year to examine how information warfare gurus can enhance submarine operations may yield long-term plans.
After embedding information warfare sailors and officers aboard two subs, there are now talks “to invest full-time, probably, in at least two cryptologic technicians to be onboard” and perform electronic warfare and related tasks, according to Navy Vice Adm. Kelly Aeschbach, the commander of Naval Information Forces.
The results, she said last week at the West 2023 conference in San Diego, recognize both “how complex the undersea environment is” and the benefits of allowing “information warfare experts to come and do their job full-time and support undersea experts, who need to focus full-time on operating their submarine in a very competitive environment.”
“The feedback we’re getting from both pilots is they’ve been value added,” she said.
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