031230-N-9742R-001 Arabian Gulf (Dec. 30, 2003) -- Electronic Warfare Supervisor, Crytpologic Technician 3rd Class Daniel Martin, from Bartlett, Ill., monitors the shipÕs Advanced Combat Direction System console in the Combat Direction Center (CDC) aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65). The Advanced Combat Direction System provides extended range display, expanded track capacity, Joint Tactical Information Distribution System interoperability, modifiable doctrine, display of mapping information, automatic gridlock, and doctrine-controlled multi-source identification. The Enterprise Carrier Strike Group (ESG) is currently deployed conducting missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the continued war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Milosz Reterski. (RELEASED)

Navy lacks electronic warfare capabilities for future fights at sea

Image credit: Wikipedia Commons (Cyberwar.news) Naval battles of the future will most likely first involve an electronic exchange, say experts, because interconnected cyber systems will control kinetic weapons systems like aircraft, missiles and rail guns. As noted by Breaking Defense, warships will also need to coordinate and “talk” to each other in order to concentrate Read More


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Army’s electronic warfare chief tells Congress that personnel should be training in contested cyber spaces

Image: U.S. Army (Cyberwar.news) The military services’ electronic warfare division chiefs have briefed congressional staffers about emerging global threats from countries that have developed advanced capabilities in the electronic battlespace, as well as what each service is doing to exert and maintain control of the entire electromagnetic spectrum [EMS]. The Pentagon noted in a news Read More