{"id":19647,"date":"2017-08-07T22:22:24","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T22:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2017\/08\/07\/first-electronic-warfare-prototypes-from-armys-rapid-capability-office-put-to-test\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:57:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:57:34","slug":"first-electronic-warfare-prototypes-from-armys-rapid-capability-office-put-to-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2017\/08\/07\/first-electronic-warfare-prototypes-from-armys-rapid-capability-office-put-to-test\/","title":{"rendered":"First electronic warfare prototypes from Army\u2019s Rapid Capabilities Office put to test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FORT BLISS, Texas \u2013&nbsp;Echoing through a remote part of one of the Army\u2019s largest U.S. training sites in the desert of the American southwest is a Top 40 song coming from an infantryman\u2019s cracked tablet glinting in the hot sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The soldier has a variety of frequencies listed on the screen that his electronic warfare system has picked up. In this case, he\u2019s found an FM radio station to demonstrate his ability to find, track and pinpoint signals, as well as decipher whether those signals are coming from friendlies, from the surrounding civilian population or from enemy forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An air assault unit \u2015&nbsp;the 2nd&nbsp;Brigade Combat Team, 101st&nbsp;Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Kentucky \u2015&nbsp;at the Network Integration Evaluation last month put the first prototypes of several of the Army Rapid Capabilities Office\u2019s electronic warfare solutions to the test in a hot, austere environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/it-networks\/2017\/07\/28\/light-infantry-unit-changes-game-at-network-integration-evaluation\/\">Light infantry unit changes game at Network Integration Evaluation<\/a><\/i>]<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The office requested the names of the systems, which have yet to become official programs, not be published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A staff sergeant with the unit demonstrated the capability of a dismounted electronic warfare system on July 26 for the Army\u2019s Training and Doctrine Command Commander Gen. David Perkins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe way it\u2019s going to work is we are going to go out and search for signals in the area,\u201d he said. The system is designed to search for RF frequencies, cell phones, unmanned aircraft systems, \u201cany radio frequency we can find,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An operator using one of the two separate dismounted systems tested at the NIE would then detect a frequency of interest and pass the information up through a vehicle-mounted system at the company level that can communicate to a higher echelon. A determination is made there whether to jam an enemy, triangulate the enemy\u2019s location and send in a call for fires or some other appropriate response, according to Sgt. Justin Hatch, an EW operator with the 1st&nbsp;Squadron, 75th&nbsp;Cavalry Regiment assigned to the 101st&nbsp;Airborne Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hatch and his fellow operators at the NIE commented the dismounted EW prototypes evaluated provided an \u201cawesome\u201d capability, but could always get lighter. One system weighed roughly 27.4 pounds while the other weighed 46.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tough tablet provided for one prototype also needed to be more rugged, one user said, showing a cracked screen. And there\u2019s no good place to store the tablet dangling from the pack containing the EW system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The adaptor used to charge the system requires power from three adaptors to run it for three hours. One soldier said, \u201cwhen you talk about going out and doing a 12-hour mission where you want to keep enemy comms jammed, that is a lot of batteries and nowhere to put them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The soldiers trying out the EW prototypes also contemplated whether it made sense within a light infantry company to have riflemen assigned to carry and operate the EW capability as they were tasked during the NIE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lt. Col. Keith Carter, the brigade\u2019s 1st&nbsp;Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment commander, said there is a lot of special equipment at the platoon level. \u201cAt this point we have a piece of special equipment almost for every person in the platoon,\u201d he told Perkins at the NIE. \u201cInfantrymen need to be able to maneuver on the enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore, it might make more sense to have EW operators attached to a unit, rather than give riflemen the extra job, operators suggested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The evaluations happening in the field at NIE are directly informing the next steps within the Army\u2019s RCO on how to evolve multiple prototypes at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RCO is designed to develop and field capabilities within one to five years that address capability gaps at the strategic level. It is currently prioritizing developing capabilities for electronic warfare, cyber and positioning, navigation and timing in a GPS-denied environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russians in particular have continued to develop strong electronic warfare tactics.&nbsp;But while the Russians never stopped developing EW capabilities, the U.S. has not focused heavily on a serious electronic warfare capability for a long time and is playing catch-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/global-force-symposium\/2016\/03\/07\/will-russian-aggression-ramp-up-us-army-focus-on-electronic-warfare-needs\/\">Will Russian Aggression Ramp Up US Army Focus on Electronic Warfare Needs?<\/a><\/i>]<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RCO\u2019s prototypes are in the very nascent stages. This particular stage for the EW prototype is referred to by the office as \u201cPhase Zero.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maj. Gen. Wilson Shoffner, the RCO\u2019s director of operations, told Defense News at the NIE that the outfit is \u201cnot looking for a perfect solution. We are looking for small-scale projects where we can take some technology risks and so by doing that, some of them may be, say, 80-percent right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The idea is to keep incrementally improving those prototypes over time and to continuously go back and find emerging technologies that may not have been considered yet, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And when it comes to prototyping a capability like EW, \u201cit\u2019s not really just fielding gadgets,\u201d Shoffner said, \u201cit\u2019s also figuring out how soldiers are going to use them, how they are going to fight them, what the doctrine is going to be, what are the tactics, techniques and procedures, what is the training required, how do we work the manning?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2016\/12\/30\/armys-rco-approves-strategy-to-prototype-electronic-warfare-capability\/\">Army\u2019s RCO Approves Strategy to Prototype Electronic Warfare Capability<\/a><\/i>]<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Testing prototypes out at NIE really helps put the systems to the test because it\u2019s an enormous, very permissive training environment, Shoffner explained, and that means soldiers assigned to play opposition forces can also use tools and tactics designed to mimic threats that really challenge the system that couldn\u2019t be mimicked elsewhere due to civilian restrictions and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RCO also used Saber Guardian, a U.S.-led military exercise in Eastern Europe in July, to test the same prototypes, but with a different flavor of terrain, environmental conditions and with different types of units including the vehicle-heavy 2nd Cavalry Regiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Testing in Europe is critical because the RCO plans to ramp up its evaluation of EW prototypes during next year\u2019s Joint Warfighting Assessment to take place in Europe for the first time in the spring of 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Capt. Sean Lynch, an electronic warfare officer tasked to evaluate the EW prototypes in Europe at Saber Guardian, told Defense News that the goal during the exercise was to test the interoperability of some of the major EW systems including dismounted, vehicular and the Counter-UAS Mobile Integrated Capability (or CMIC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA lot of that piece is to see how well certain things talk to one another,\u201d he said. The prototypes were tested at Grafenwoehr Training Center in Germany as well as during a river-crossing exercise on the Danube in Bordusani, Romania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was particularly challenging to work through the host country approval processes to use the systems during exercises, but important given the fact the systems will ultimately deploy to Europe, Lynch noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the systems have a long way to go, they hold promise and seeing how quickly capability is being generated through the RCO \u201chas been fantastic,\u201d Lynch said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next up, the RCO will enter Phase 1 of the EW prototyping effort in early 2018 in Europe. It will be incorporating more equipment and more training. 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