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US Air Force attempts to awaken spectrum ops after decades of waning electromagnetic warfare
By Mark Pomerleau
Thu Jun 17 2021 11:06 AM
WASHINGTON — U.S. Air Force electromagnetic spectrum operations were so meager over the last few decades that the service’s top official said recently that it had been “asleep at the wheel” on electronic warfare.
Among the steps to turn around 30 years of decline and to modernize platforms that date to the Vietnam War, the Air Force reorganized how it manages such operations and is prioritizing easier-to-update technology to keep ahead of China, Russia and other highly adept nations.
At the same time, details about the Air Force plan are limited because the service has not publicly shared the electromagnetic spectrum superiority strategy it completed this spring. Lawmakers have called on the service to increase its efforts.
https://www.c4isrnet.com/electronic-warfare/2021/06/17/us-air-force-attempts-to-awaken-spectrum-ops-after-decades-of-waning-electromagnetic-warfare/