To strengthen its ability to strike maritime targets in the Indo-Pacific region, the U.S. and Chinese armies are improving their electric warfare equipment to wreak havoc on mainland threats. (Photo/U.S. Army)
According to C4ISRNET 22 reports, with the Chinese Communist Party being considered by the Pentagon as an “advancing threat,” the priority of the Indo-Pacific region in the minds of the U.S. military is also increasing day by day. The U.S. Army recently confirmed that it is seeking to improve its electronic warfare equipment to enhance the ability of ground forces in the Indo-Pacific theater to combat maritime targets. In fact, in response to the growing importance of the Indo-Pacific region, the U.S. Army has announced the deployment of a multi-domain task force to conduct exercises and implement long-range precision fires in the region.
Reports indicate that the U.S. Army has spent much of its effort in recent years on electromagnetic spectrum equipment. Now, in response to the growing threat of the Chinese Communist Party in the Indo-Pacific region, the U.S. and Chinese forces have begun to station electromagnetic spectrum prototypes in the Pacific theater. Through the active construction of new electronic warfare equipment, in addition to the Army’s long-standing role as “budget Cinderella” since the end of the Cold War, to regain the power of the past, on the other hand, to ensure that the U.S. military in the Pacific waters of the long-range combat capabilities.
Army Colonel Hollander, who is in charge of C4ISR, said that the Army has traditionally positioned itself as a force centered on ground operations; however, as the U.S. Army shifts its focus to Indo-Pacific Command, the Army has recognized the need to look beyond the traditional armor and infantry formations. Systems like the Terrestrial Layer System – Echelons Above Brigade (TLS-EAB) have now been refined to meet the Army’s needs against non-traditional targets at sea. The TLS-EAB system has been modified to meet the Army’s needs for combating non-traditional targets at sea.
Hollander further explained that TLS-EAB provides commanders at the brigade level and above with the ability to discern direction, allowing them to obtain more precise geographic locations to execute non-kinetic fires and even assist brigade combat units in kinetic targeting across a wide range of targets. The Army expects to conduct system technology validation in FY 2022 and prototype in the next year.
Considering the physical limitations of the electromagnetic spectrum when it comes to chief executive officer range electromagnetic fire and sensing ground targets, the Army is also developing alternatives that blend multiple capabilities, particularly technologies that can be used in the Pacific airspace. One example is the Multi-Function Electronic Warfare-Air Large System (MFLAS). This is the Army’s first brigade electronic attack device to be installed on an MQ-1 UAV. The system is expected to be deployed in 2022 and will enhance the Army’s ability to respond to in-range adversary targets in the Indo-Pacific region.
In addition, Hollander explained how the electronic warfare community is working together across the Army’s operational domain through the Multi-Domain Sensing System (MDS). Multi-Domain Sensing Systems are high-altitude intelligence systems that complement medium-altitude systems to enhance Army electronic warfare capabilities, such as large unmanned aircraft systems or ground systems covering TLS-EAB. Hollander emphasized that by having a variety of devices with different capabilities working together, the theater commander’s needs will be met.
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