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DoD Needs Tools To Visualize Electromagnetic Spectrum, Officer Says

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Friday, October 10th, 2014

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DoD Needs Tools To Visualize Electromagnetic Spectrum, Officer Says

The Defense Department needs tools to visualize the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum so warfighters using it can better, and more readily, control it, according to an electronic warfare officer. “I, myself, am a visual learner, for the most part,” Air Force Col. Marcus Boyd, chief of combat plans division, 608th AOC, U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), told an audience Tuesday at the Association of Old Crows (AoC) electronic warfare conference in Washington. “To have some tool where I can see or visualize…

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