Electronic Warfare ‘Growing’; Joint Airborne EW Study Underway
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on June 23, 2017 at 3:22 PM
The Air Force retired its last dedicated electronic warfare aircraft, the EF-111A Raven, in 1998.
ARLINGTON: After two decades of neglect, electronic warfare is — slowly — on the mend, the Pentagon’s Deputy Director for EW said yesterday. That includes a growing budget, a new (classified) strategy from the Office of the Secretary of Defense, increased interest from the leaders of all four armed services, and, most immediately, an ongoing joint study of future jamming aircraft.
“Give me about a month, maybe two,” and he’ll have a lot more clarity on what’s called the Analysis of Alternatives for Joint Airborne Electronic Attack, William Conley told the Air Force Association’s Mitchell Institute.
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