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WASHINGTON \u2014 If it weren\u2019t for recent congressional mandates placed into law, the Department of Defense would not have made significant improvements to its electronic warfare enterprise, one top lawmaker asserted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have had to force this on the services and the Joint Staff \u2026 if it wasn\u2019t for Congress, none of this would be done,\u201d Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, a former one-star Air Force electronic warfare officer, said during a May 11 virtual event hosted by the Hudson Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bacon noted there are some reports and reviews that are still two years overdue to Congress, emphasizing \u201cmy take way here is Congress cannot take our foot off the gas on this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, Congress sought to consolidate electromagnetic spectrum operations oversight<\/a> within the department, while in previous years members wanted reports on how the department was regrowing its capabilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bacon noted that the Joint Staff has made some progress in temporarily appointing general officers to oversee electronic warfare, but he noted those were temporary and that momentum needs to continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of the issues that we\u2019ve had where we\u2019ve tried to fix over the last two years: No one was in charge of EW,\u201d Bacon said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bacon\u2019s colleague on the Armed Services Committee agrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe really do need someone in charge. We need to identify an office and put a policy person in charge like a deputy assistant secretary to be responsible for the strategy implementation. We don\u2019t have that right now,\u201d Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., chairman of the Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies and Information Systems, which oversees electromagnetic spectrum matters, said during the same event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without top leadership, Langevin said, the recently released DoD electromagnetic spectrum strategy will end up like its predecessors from 2013 and 2017: unimplemented<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m determined that that\u2019s not going to happen. We\u2019re going to get it right this time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Department leaders have been candid that the agency divested a lot of electronic warfare systems following the Cold War. However, some experts and observers, especially in Congress, have been frustrated with the pace at which the DoD is reinvesting these technologies that are critical against sophisticated nation-states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had lots of studies \u2026 We\u2019ve got to stop studying at some point and start acting, start executing. That\u2019s my frustration,\u201d Bacon said. \u201cThere\u2019s lots of analyses and studies in the Pentagon. I want to start seeing action and start working diligently to close this gap of a plan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sophisticated adversaries have noted the spectrum is critical for U.S. forces and have sought high-tech methods to deny it, trying to jam or spoof communications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In light of adversary investments, Langevin is not convinced the DoD is prioritizing the right funds and initiatives in kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, I don\u2019t think they are prioritizing the right things in the budget,\u201d he said, noting that his position is informed from past budget requests given the Biden administration has yet to release its first budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn the acquisition side, we really have to move away from hardware-centric systems. EMS really requires software-centric systems that are flexible and networked,\u201d Langevin said. \u201cWe need to move in the direction of having our acquisition be much more software centric, flexible and adaptable, recognizing that we\u2019re going to need to upgrade and be flexible when new capabilities come online, when new threats are identified and mitigate them. That\u2019s the way we move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He will push the DoD to focus on software-centered systems in the coming National Defense Authorization Act process, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embracing software could be a bulwark against expected flat or declining budgets, reliving \u201cinvestment efficiency,\u201d said Dave Tremper, director of electromagnetic warfare in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe spend a lot of time talking about the bottom line of EW and is there enough investment and we\u2019re falling short \u2026 But one of the things we\u2019re looking at is how efficient are we being with that,\u201d he explained at the same event. \u201cBecause EW is unique in that I can transfer capabilities between systems, I can transfer capabilities between services and I don\u2019t need redundant systems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the department might be able to spend a dollar and get five dollars\u2019 worth of capability because all the services benefit from that system, realizing larger efficiencies during budget austerity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He highlighted the Army and Marine Corps\u2019 open architecture mandates, which require vendors to offer products compatible with a software standard, which makes adding new capabilities or upgrades as easy as inserting a new card into the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tremper noted that the DoD likely needs to change the way it orchestrates electronic protection, which is the discipline of electromagnetic warfare that involves protecting systems from spoofing or jamming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, electronic warfare teams do not manage electronic protection systems, which could lead to serious gaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen we talk about EW and \u2026 countering Chinese EW systems, those Chinese EW systems aren\u2019t attacking our EW systems, necessarily. They\u2019re attacking our radar systems and our comms and our GPS and PNT systems,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat that means is that when we focus on EW investment and how do we achieve EMS superiority through EW, the answer is we may not be able to because where we need to be focusing on is the electronic protection in our radars and our comms and our GPS systems so that those can continue to survive in a contested environment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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