Electronic Warfare Advanced Technology

Will validate counter command and control hardware capabilities to degrade adversary target development, tracking, and engagement, delaying their response to blue force actions while enhancing the effectiveness of Army kinetic.. Will continue to optimize technology to obscure the electromagnetic environment, disrupting adversary counter…

Will implement technical effect techniques on suitable hardware to demonstrate efficacy of capability in a realistic operational environment; demonstrate a limited set of capabilities in a lab-based environment and evolve these capabilities to incorporate additional levels of complexity and realism through field-based trials to ensure…

Will validate integrated prototype system in an operational environment through a technical demonstration and Military Utility Assessment (MUA); update threat analysis, Modeling and Simulation, and system design for follow-on capabilities.

Will validate day and night multispectral system design. Optimize and validate detection algorithms for resident space object (RSO) detection and tracking. Improve concept of operations engagement of adversary RSO capabilities.

Validate integrated technology demonstrator in an operational environment through multiple technical demonstrations and user assessments. Update threat analysis and system design for follow-on capabilities.

This effort will mature and demonstrate hardware (based on prior modeling and simulation) utilizing matured quantum architectures for Radio Frequency (RF) applications, optimizing distributed aperture technologies for MFRF applications in Army missions while leveraging performance metrics to support continued system optimization.

Continue to mature capabilities and integrating new modalities for system demonstration.

Will optimize highly synchronized techniques to improve effectiveness against adversarial electronic protection and validate the results by conducting post-processing of data collected during demonstration of techniques against high fidelity test systems.

Will mature and demonstrate low power RF enabled effects based on improved Tactics, Techniques, Procedures with increased fidelity of targeted Intelligence and Surveillance aircraft.

Will demonstrate priority use case in high performance computing environment models to optimize EW performance. Will demonstrate coordinated sensing and effects integrated with EW payloads in a relevant environment leveraging modeled results.

Will demonstrate multi-spectral coordinated effects across distributed systems to degrade and deny adversary C5ISRT capabilities within a representative environment; Will optimize EW effects to improve efficacy of effects for operational unit identified high value assets to be protected; Will provide residual continuing demonstration…

Will demonstrate integrated solutions that reduce Soldier and small unit detectability, disrupt adversary targeting, and enhance situational awareness, ensuring operational superiority in contested environments. Optimize passive signature reduction solutions, such as advanced camouflage and multispectral concealment technologies, and…

Will provide detailed vulnerability analysis of expanded/layered Radar based adversary intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance to validate payload and software development; optimize system modeling to cover specific adversary signal bands of interest; and optimize Electronic Attack (EA) techniques to improve blue force kinetic…

Will mature proven concepts to enable advanced EA capabilities for the most stressing of adversary C5ISRT capabilities; improve performance of baseline commodity EA systems to address advanced adversary capabilities; demonstrate initial EA performance within a static configuration, and validate static-configuration performance to enable…

Will mature data, electronics, and on-platform architecture to enable rapidly deployable, scalable and adaptable Electronic Warfare (EW) capabilities; leverage commercial technologies and collaborative partnerships to accelerate capability demonstration and the delivery of integrated EW solutions. Integrate and demonstrate EW payloads…

Will demonstrate EW detection of multi spectral threats within a formation protection system approach; will mature EW techniques to defeat emerging highly capable multi-spectral threats to Army platforms; will exploit developments within EW protection community to mature concepts to defeat non-traditionally guided threats to Army…

Will demonstrate optimized high-power on-platform energy storage and power generation subcomponent solutions in a lab setting; demonstrate unitization of power generation and energy storage capabilities with appropriate thermal management and electronic components for a modular EW power solution capable of meeting various EW payload…

Will optimize and exploit power generation, energy storage and power distribution components, complete demonstrator vehicle integration and demonstrate power and energy enabled capabilities, such as EW, CUAS, C2, in Soldier-operated evaluations.

Will mature C-sUAS Fire On the Move (OTM) advanced fire control algorithms. Will demonstrate C-sUAS fire OTM advanced fire control software with current and emerging armament systems in operationally relevant conditions. Will mature intelligent, distributed lethality fire control capabilities with automation-enabled collaborative…

Will mature algorithms that leverage intelligence sensor data to provide semi-automated battle damage assessment of non-kinetic effects. Will mature message protocols for delivery and orchestration of distributed battlefield electronic warfare effects.

Will improve system components of intelligence analytics for non-kinetic effects and overlay of non-kinetic effects to be integrated with kinetic targeting in support of layer fires effect planning and execution; demonstrate intelligence analytics for non-kinetic effects and overlay in a laboratory environment.

Will optimizing predictive algorithms and using various sources of information to create a resilient and adaptive network configuration that allows continued and secure communications in Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2AD) environments. Validate microservices based framework by incorporating advanced Forward Error Correction technique as a…

FY2027 planned work Will perform defect resolution on multistatic algorithm and signal processing developments to improve performance and reduce implementation risk after technology transition to project office; validate RSDS software in virtual radar string and perform software integration on radar software baseline

FY2026 to FY2027 change Funding decrease reflects completion of bi-static demonstrations; effort continues with algorithm and signal processing development.

FY2026 plans — current year Will mature high fidelity modeling and simulation (M&S) environments for demonstration of multi-static and distributed sensing; complete and document algorithms for waveforms and signal processing for multi-static capability; demonstrate multi-static software capability using surrogate radar systems in M&S environment; demonstrate bi-static capability using surrogate radar hardware.

FY2027 planned work Will mature designs of modular open systems approach (MOSA) multi-mission EW techniques and technologies for priority threats in tactical operations. Will exploit collaborative EW algorithms to conduct initial performance assessment and demonstration for EW payloads enhanced capability.

FY2026 to FY2027 change Funding increase reflects planned milestone schedule of this effort. Funding increase represents an economic adjustment.

FY2026 plans — current year Will optimize technique description framework and embed into payload for detection and defeat of more challenging threats; demonstrate radio frequency (RF) payload with improved performance and range against a broad threat list in a relevant environment. The specific threats will be finalized in consultation with EW stakeholders.

FY2026 to FY2027 change Funding decrease reflects planned completion of effort and transition to PE 0605275A (Electronic Warfare Systems Development) Project A94 [Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR)].

FY2026 plans — current year Will validate prototype sensor specification results on a software defined GPS receiver hardware for NAVWAR sensor functionality; mature algorithm development of NAVWAR data to provide enhanced visualization of NAVWAR and APNT subsystem communication to further aid in the NAVWAR common operating picture; demonstrate end-to-end NAVWAR sensor capabilities on an existing relevant GPS receiver to determine the performance improvement of Electromagnetic Protection to the receiver with the use of NAVWAR sensing.

FY2027 planned work Will leverage novel classification and identification algorithms from applied research to initiate development of high-fidelity threat signal characterization. Will optimize techniques to address hard target NAVWAR signals that are the most challenging for the Army operating environment. Will identify and initiate prototyping of representative hardware to be used in future experimentation events and field demonstrations.

FY2026 to FY2027 change Funding increase reflects the planned initiation of this effort. Funds will initiate prototyping of representative hardware to be used in future experimentation events and field demonstrations.

FY2027 planned work Will demonstrate advanced scheduler technology operating within a common hardware chassis in a realistic operational environment; optimize advanced scheduler algorithms to react to real-time spectrum data to enable adaptable EW capability; validate ability to accept mission profiles from component level command and control software.

FY2026 to FY2027 change Funding increase is an economic adjustment.

FY2026 plans — current year Will implement advanced scheduler and interference mitigation technology on multifunction hardware chassis to dynamically activate resources within the chassis to demonstrate multi-function mission requirements in a resource constrained environment.