ELECTRONIC WARFARE: DOD Actions Needed to Strengthen Management and Oversight

Abstract

DOD has committed billions of dollars to developing, maintaining, and employing warfighting capabilities that rely on access to the electromagnetic spectrum. According to DOD, electronic warfare capabilities play acritical and potentially growing role in ensuring the U.S. militarys access to and use of the electromagnetic spectrum. GAO was asked to assess the extent to which DOD (1) developed a strategy to manage electronic warfare and (2) planned, organized, and implemented an effective governance structure to oversee its electronic warfare policy and programs and their relationship to cyberspace operations. GAO analyzed policies, plans, and studies related to electronic warfare and cyberspace operations and interviewed cognizant DOD officials.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2012
Accession Number
AD1167992

Entities

People

  • Brian Lepore

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Networks
  • Congress
  • Cyberspace
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electromagnetic Spectra
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Organizational Structure
  • Social Media
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Microelectronics