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Air Force

USAF Looks to Finish RF EW Demonstrator Effort in FY 2024

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023

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USAF Looks to Finish RF EW Demonstrator Effort in FY 2024

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U.S. Air Force leaders, including Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and the head of Air Combat Command, Gen. Mark Kelly, are emphasizing non-kinetic means to counter advanced integrated air defense systems of potential U.S. adversaries. According to the Air Force's fiscal 2024 budget, the service plans to complete the Radio Frequency Electronic Warfare (RF EW) Demonstrator effort over the next year and deliver a "software-centric cognitive electromagnetic warfare-based rapid reprogramming system" to the 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing at Eglin AFB,…

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