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Electronic Warfare Focus of New Pentagon Panel

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, April 10th, 2015

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Electronic Warfare Focus of New Pentagon Panel

The Pentagon has set up a senior-level oversight panel to help the U.S. military keep its edge in electronic warfare (EW).A one-page memorandum signed by Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work created the EW Executive Committee, which will coordinate EW matters, including strategy, acquisition, operational support and security. The panel’s establishment came in response to a Defense Science Board study that found that the Department of Defense has “lost focus on electronic warfare at the programmatic and strategic level and should…

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