Joint Electronic Advanced Technology
Abstract
The Department of Defense must be ready to meet the widespread and growing asymmetric electronic threats that are proliferating at an alarming rate, enabled by widely available commercial electronic components and devices. These range from improvised devices constructed from commercially available electronic and industrial components to dedicated military devices that could be used in ways that diminish our technological advantage in conflicts with nation-states. The surprisingly fast appearance of these threats is accelerating and is now happening quicker than the requirements and acquisition process can respond. The use of asymmetric devices is well understood by terrorists and nation-states alike. Using man portable air defense systems, mortars, and improvised explosive devices actuated by electronic components terrorists have attacked both air and ground forces and pose a threat in any region due to their portability. Unmanned aircraft systems, also strongly enabled by electronic components are proliferating and pose a threat both as military capability and as potential terrorist weapons delivery mechanism. Technological surprise and speed of appearance are two asymmetries that highlight the need to rapidly develop and field Electronic Warfare, Information Operations, and Asymmetric Warfare capabilities capable of neutralizing such threats in ways that are both fiscally and temporally responsive. This program element investigates means to rapidly mitigate asymmetric threats by integrating advanced commercial and military off-the-shelf technologies in innovative ways and rapidly demonstrating new technological capabilities to augment and/or reduce risk when inserted into service programs of record. Efforts will also look for methods to employ asymmetric principles against our adversaries. Beginning in FY 2014, the Joint Electronic Advanced Technology (JEAT) project reorganized to be in better alignment with Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering electronic warfare research priorities. Particularly, JEAT established three pillars that will support the JEAT approach to innovation: 1) experimentation/demonstration, 2) advanced technology development/verification, and 3) innovative technology exploration. The overarching JEAT philosophy is to be adaptive and to help lead the pace of rapid electronic systems development and the evolving threat picture.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2015
- Source ID
- 0603618D8Z_3_0400_PB_2015
- Change Summary Explanation
- The reduction is a strategic efficiency approach to reduce funding and staffing. As a result, we provide a better alignment of funding and provide support to a smaller military force.
- Service Agency Name
- Office of Secretary Of Defense
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