Joint Electronic Advanced Technology
Abstract
The Department of Defense (DoD) must be ready to meet the widespread and growing proliferation of 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 faster 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 electronics components terrorists have attacked both air and ground forces and pose a threat in any region due to their portability. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), also strongly enabled by electronics components are proliferating and pose a threat both as a military capability and as a 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 (ASD(R&E)) electronic warfare research priorities. Particularly, JEAT establishes three pillars that will support the JEAT approach to innovation: 1) experimentation, 2) advanced concepts development/demonstration, 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. Experimentation: Distributed Electronic Effects Delivery (DEED) – An experimental venue (live, virtual and constructive) to assess emerging Electronic Warfare (EW) effects coordination and sensor technologies and catalyze the rapid creation of multi-point, collaborative delivery of EW services to warfighters. This effort promotes innovative networked systems management capabilities to provide broad situational awareness and manage EW services delivery in a coordinated and collaborative manner. All impacts on the ability to precisely deliver EW effects (environment, adversary spectrum activities, dynamic platform motion, etc.) while minimizing blue force side effects will be assessed. Because this venue will employ many developmental and existing UAS, a goal is to include a component to allow assessment of the vulnerability of these UAS to EW effects. Advanced Concepts Development/Demonstration: Advanced Threat Countermeasures – This effort focuses on the investigation of innovative, low cost, near-term Countermeasures (CM) solutions that can be rapidly fielded to counter new classes of advanced missile seekers. It builds on prior work with the Services (signature collections and analyses of CM delivery mechanisms) to begin the process of assessing potential CM solutions. Software Programmable/Spectrum Diverse Electronic Attack (EA) Capability – Opportunities exist to adapt existing technology used for communication and other purposes into highly configurable EA capability. This technology will help counter adversary movement into advanced military purpose digital electronic systems. Beginning in FY 2014 JEAT will begin to adapt software configurable communications technology to be used as part of a distributed, networked, EA capability that can be readily adapted for installation in a wide variety of host platforms. Innovative Technology Exploration: Adaptive/Asymmetric Technology – This effort directly supports ASD(R&E), EW and CM by performing analyses and studies of emerging asymmetric threats. Past efforts under this JEAT project include the Aircraft Survivability Equipment Joint Analysis Team and the Helicopter Survivability Task Force, both of which resulted in significant strategic technology investments by the Department.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2014
- Source ID
- P619_0603618D8Z_3_0400_PB_2014
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- Root: Joint Electronic Advanced Technology
- Child Accomplishment: Integrated Situational Awareness and Countermeasures
- Child Accomplishment: Low Cost/Near Term Counter Asymmetric Systems
- Child Accomplishment: Disruptive Technology Defeat and Utilization
- Child Accomplishment: Experimentation
- Child Accomplishment: Advanced Concepts Development/Demonstration
- Child Accomplishment: Innovative Technology Exploration