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AUKUS Nations Announce Winners Of First Trilateral Electronic Warfare Challenge

Monday, September 30th, 2024

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The three AUKUS nations recently announced the winners of the first trilateral Electronic Warfare Challenge to find electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) technology to give the allies an edge in warfighting. The U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), Australia's Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) and U.K.s Defense and Security Accelerator (DASA) in March launched this challenge as a component of AUKUS Pillar II (Defense Daily, March 26). Whereas the most noteworthy AUKUS Pillar I focuses on helping Australia build and field nuclear-powered conventionally-armed…

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