Electronic Warfare Technology

Abstract

This program element (PE) designs and develops electronic warfare (EW) component technologies that deny, disrupt, or degrade the enemy's use of the electromagnetic spectrum for offensive or defensive operations. This is accomplished through the investigation of electronic support measures (ESM), countermeasures against communications systems and networks; the development of sensors used to identify and locate threat forces in an asymmetric environment; and threat warning and electronic countermeasures (ECM) against munitions sensors and targeting capabilities, missile guidance and targeting systems, and booby traps. Project 475 funds congressional special interest items. Project 906 protects high-value ground platforms, aircraft, and the Soldier from threat surveillance and tracking systems; imaging systems; and advanced radio frequency (RF)/electro-optical (EO)/infrared (IR) missiles, artillery, and smart munitions. Information fusion research addresses sensor correlation, relationship discovery, and management services through use of automated processing, as well as higher level reasoning techniques that support automated combat assessment. Project 906 also supports efforts related to research and application of key EW technologies to intercept, locate, and disrupt, current and emerging threat communications and non-communications emitters, to provide vital, quality combat information directly to users in a timely actionable manner. Specifically, its technologies focus on detecting threat sensors and emitters associated with weapon systems, targeting systems and command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence systems and networks. Work in this PE is compliments PE 0603270A (EW Technology), PE 0602120A (Sensors and Electronic Survivability), and PE 0603772A (Advanced Tactical Computer Science and Sensor Technology). This PE is related to and fully coordinated with PE 0603008A (Command, Control, Communications Advanced Technology) and PE 0603710A (Night Vision Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Director, Defense Research and Engineering Strategic Plan, the Army Modernization Strategy, and the Army Science and Technology Master Plan. Work is performed by the Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center (CERDEC), Fort Monmouth, NJ and Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2012
• Source ID: 0602270A_2_2040_PB_2012
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Advanced Electronics
• Electronic Warfare
• Sensors
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Aircrafts
• Biometric Security
• Defense Systems
• Detection
• Detectors
• Electronic Countermeasures
• Electronic Warfare
• Engineering
• Identification
• Information Operations
• Information Systems
• Radar
• Three Dimensional
• Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Warfare
• Warning Systems

Readers

• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
• Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
• Microelectronics