{"id":32244,"date":"2019-10-28T19:42:17","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T19:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/28\/can-pentagon-acquisition-keep-up-with-electronic-warfare\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:35:17","slug":"can-pentagon-acquisition-keep-up-with-electronic-warfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/electronic-warfare\/2019\/10\/28\/can-pentagon-acquisition-keep-up-with-electronic-warfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Pentagon acquisition keep up with electronic warfare?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cat-and-mouse nature of electronic warfare means systems need to always be up to date, but the Pentagon\u2019s acquisition authorities don\u2019t always allow for the Department of Defense to move fast enough, a senior acquisition official said Oct. 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at the Association of Old Crows international symposium in Washington, Alan Shaffer, the Pentagon\u2019s deputy undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, said success in electronic warfare means agility, speed and low-cost systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got to stop doing just one-size-fits-everything for development of new systems and fielding capabilities,&#8221; he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to get away from the linear large scale \u2026 major capability acquisition process when we can.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He pointed to the department\u2019s attempts to re-write the acquisition rulebook and the new authorities granted by Congress for what\u2019s called \u201cmiddle tier acquisition\u201d allowing for rapid prototyping and experimentation of certain capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf I\u2019m fielding something that\u2019s going to cost multiple billions of dollars, [we\u2019re] probably not going to go agile. If I\u2019m demonstrating a capability using middle tier of acquisition, I can go quickly, especially if you have open systems,\u201d Shaffer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following this approach means breaking the development of systems off smaller, more manageable chunks and not creating a system that can do everything under the sun for decades, only to be obsolete upon fielding. The next part of the equation, he explained, is for companies to make these systems more affordable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shaffer said by 2026, nuclear deterrence projects will make up 6.5 percent of the defense budget and interest on the debt will be more than the entire defense budget itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This means everyone, especially the relatively small electronic warfare community, will have to fight for funding and thinking about electronic warfare as a continuum of capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow do you compete for dollars \u2026 by talking about what capability you deliver,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, the United States is also behind the cost curve in many cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have to remember that as we field very expensive system a $1,000 jammer can defeat a $1 million platform. That\u2019s the wrong side of the cost curve so we\u2019ve got figure out how to get around that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, if the United States doesn\u2019t become more agile in this space, it will be to its detriment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe competition of the digital battlefield is here and it is now. If we, the West, do not win that, we will not be able to operate militarily in parts of the world that we have to operate in,\u201d Shaffer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Information warfare<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For years, U.S. adversaries have viewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/dod\/air-force\/2019\/10\/14\/what-the-new-16th-air-force-means-for-information-warfare\/\" target=_blank>the electromagnetic spectrum along the larger continuum of information warfare and information dominance<\/a>, a reality the DoD is now coming to grips with in its own reorganization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What this means, Shaffer said, is that the electronic warfare community needs to develop new concepts for how they can be used in a more information warfare-centric battlefield of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow can you disrupt someone else\u2019s information feeds. 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