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Electronic Warfare Applied Research
Budget Figures
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Insufficient trajectory data for sparkline (only FY26 available).
● actuals (line) · ○ enacted · ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.
| Series | FY26 |
|---|---|
| Request | $45.4M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Program Lineage
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Description
Mission — EW Techniques Technology
This project develops countermeasures against adversarial counter-fire systems that obscure and create distractive blue force locations. This project will research and develop distributed, coordinated electromagnetic warfare (EW) capabilities designed to extend effective range, reduce blue transmitter susceptibility to localization, and introduce errors in adversary intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems to facilitate maneuver within multi-domain operations (MDO). Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0603275A (Electronic Warfare Advanced Technology) / Project A77 (EW for Maneuver Operations (EMO) Adv Tech). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this project is performed by the Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — Sensor Electronic Support Tech
This project investigates and develops critical radar capability enhancements to defeat advanced Air and Missile threats and protect Army maneuver forces and critical assets. Radar enhancements are required for advanced Electronic Protection (EP) techniques against advanced jammers, electronic Combat Identification (CID), and resource optimization across the threat spectrum while retaining 360 degree coverage capability. This research complements Program Element (PE) 0601275A (Electronic Warfare Basic Research) / Project A61 (Sensing and Electromagnetics) and PE 0603275A (Electronic Warfare Advanced Technology) / Project A78 (Radar Survivability through Dis Sensing Adv Tech). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this project is performed by the Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC).
Mission — Electronic Warfare Applied Research
This Program Element (PE) focuses on investigating and developing advanced Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) capabilities for modern, multi-domain military operations. It researches and develops cutting-edge technologies - including architectures, infrastructure, tools, and techniques - across the spectrum of EW activities: Electronic Attack (EA) to disrupt enemy Command, Control, Computing, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Targeting (C-C5ISR&T) systems and ensure non-kinetic survivability; Electronic Support (ES) for precise detection, identification, and geolocation of enemy RF emissions to enable effective fires; network and RADAR Electronic Protection (EP) with intelligent resource orchestration to bolster resilience and robustness against increasingly sophisticated electronic attacks; battle management tools for intelligent planning, targeting, and execution of effects across the entire electromagnetic spectrum; and position, navigation, and timing techniques to enable coordination of electronic attacks. This PE aims to provide a comprehensive and integrated EW suite that not only ensures our forces maintain a decisive advantage in the contested electromagnetic environment, but also creates novel opportunities for operational advantage, increasing unit survivability, maneuverability, and the effective employment of non-kinetic effects in highly contested and congested spaces. Work in this PE complements PE 0603275A (Electronic Warfare Advanced Technology). The cited research is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy.
Mission — Sensor to Shooter (STS) Applied Research
This project designs and develops advanced algorithms and architectures for armaments fire control systems for C-sUAS engagements. These capabilities will provide C-sUAS mobility, increased stowed kills vs sUAS threats, and increased protection for maneuver units. This project develops unit common C-sUAS capabilities for maneuver formations. Work in this project complements PE 0603275A (Electronic Warfare Advanced Technology) / A72 (Sensor to Shooter (STS) Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with Secretary of Defense Memorandum, Army Transformation and Acquisition reform. Work in this project supports Air and Missile Defense, Soldier Lethality, and Long-Range Precision Fires Army Modernization Priorities. Work in this project is performed by the Armaments Center, Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center, and United States Army Space and Missile Defense Technical Center.
Mission — Autonomous Navigation Technology
This project seeks to develop innovative and adaptive Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) electromagnetic attack (EA) capabilities to deny adversaries the ability to utilize Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers. This project will leverage software defined EA hardware to agilely deny an increasingly evolving threat's ability to geolocate and navigate, greatly reducing the mission effectiveness of adversary autonomous and manned platforms. These cooperative NAVWAR EA systems and platforms can defeat advanced Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and platform-based capabilities. Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0603275A (Electronic Warfare Advanced Technology) / Project A74 (Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this project is performed by the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Technical Center and Command, Control, Computer, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — Modular GPS Independent Sensors Technology
This project investigates and develops Assured and Resilient Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) technologies that mitigate the impacts of adversary Electromagnetic Warfare attacks. This Project performs research and development of Electromagnetic Protection (EP) to Global Positioning System (GPS)-independent sensors using open architectures, sensor fusion, plug-and-play sensor modules that can be tailored for any platform based on mission needs and requirements. This Project will develop modular PNT sensor and fusion capabilities to enable the Army to continuously transform in contact, adding new PNT modalities, signals and EP, maintaining the critical ability of Soldiers and platforms to navigate in a rapidly evolving threat space. The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this project is performed by the Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — CEMA Sensing Technology
This project develops algorithms, techniques, and methodologies to passively and actively sense the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) associated with all types of adversarial cyber and electromagnetic activities (CEMA) to gain situational awareness, detect threats, and enable effective response. This project investigates resource management approaches to enable simultaneous RF operations within resource constrained environments. It extends the Army's deep sensing capability by improving simultaneous functionality, leveraging all potential sensing assets within the area of operations and supporting real time feedback of mission effectiveness. Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0603275A (Electronic Warfare Advanced Technology) / Project A76 (CEMA Sensing Advanced Technology) The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this project is performed by the Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — EW Tech for Protection Against Advanced Threats
This project will investigate and design advanced survivability technologies to develop a team-based solution that delivers advanced sensing and electronic warfare (EW) effects across a family of aircraft to optimally penetrate and survive in the anti-access/area denial (A2AD) environment. This project will take an integrated team-based system of systems survivability approach through a purpose-driven mix of improved survivability situational awareness, signature management, vulnerability reduction, enhanced platform survivability against directed energy munitions, route and maneuver optimization, expendables, advanced sensors, and electro-optics (EO) & radio frequency (RF) jamming for existing and future air platforms. This Project will also provide advanced teaming algorithms for survivability. This Project develops and evaluates multi layered survivability concepts and supporting technologies for increased survivability of Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Family of Systems (FoS) in an advanced and evolving integrated air defense systems environment. The cited research is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Science and Technology focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this project is performed by Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC) and Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — Network Vuln/Effectiveness Assess Methods (N-VEAM)
This project develops analytical methodologies and tools to characterize hardware and software that enable Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) and Cyber capabilities to assess operations of Army Network and communication platforms and dismounts, while maintaining freedom to maneuver, communicate, and sense. This Project also develops a holistic cross-domain analysis and assessment methodology for network and communication technologies faced with advanced Cyber Electromagnetic Activity (CEMA). These investigations are critical to identifying vulnerabilities of United States systems and technologies so that network and network- enabled systems can be hardened as early as possible in development cycle. Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0602276A (Electronic Warfare Cyber Applied Research) / Project A79 (Autonomous Cyber Technology) and PE 0603276A (Electronic Warfare Cyber Advanced Technology) / Project A80 (Autonomous Cyber Advanced Technology), The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this project is performed by Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Analysis Center (DAC).
Mission — Electronic Warfare Technology
This project investigates and develops cutting-edge technologies for Electronic Warfare (EW) applications, non-kinetic survivability/lethality, and emerging concepts of employment in the increasingly contested and congested electromagnetic environment. The goal is to enhance the survivability/lethality of Army platforms through Electronic Attack (EA), Electronic Support (ES), and Electronic Protection (EP) with high operational realism for current and future operational environments. Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0603275A (Electronic Warfare Advanced Technology) / Project A77 (EW for Maneuver Operations (EMO) Adv Tech). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this project is performed by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and Data and Analysis Center (DAC).
Mission — Electronic Warfare Applied Research
This Program Element (PE) focuses on investigating and developing advanced Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) capabilities for modern, multi-domain military operations. It researches and develops cutting-edge technologies - including architectures, infrastructure, tools, and techniques - across the spectrum of EW activities: Electronic Attack (EA) to disrupt enemy Command, Control, Computing, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Targeting (C-C5ISR&T) systems and ensure non-kinetic survivability; Electronic Support (ES) for precise detection, identification, and geolocation of enemy RF emissions to enable effective fires; network and RADAR Electronic Protection (EP) with intelligent resource orchestration to bolster resilience and robustness against increasingly sophisticated electronic attacks; battle management tools for intelligent planning, targeting, and execution of effects across the entire electromagnetic spectrum; and position, navigation, and timing techniques to enable coordination of electronic attacks. This PE aims to provide a comprehensive and integrated EW suite that not only ensures our forces maintain a decisive advantage in the contested electromagnetic environment, but also creates novel opportunities for operational advantage, increasing unit survivability, maneuverability, and the effective employment of non-kinetic effects in highly contested and congested spaces. Work in this PE complements PE 0603275A (Electronic Warfare Advanced Technology). The cited research is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy.
Mission — Sensor to Shooter (STS) Applied Research
This project designs and develops advanced algorithms and architectures for armaments fire control systems for C-sUAS engagements. These capabilities will provide C-sUAS mobility, increased stowed kills vs sUAS threats, and increased protection for maneuver units. This project develops unit common C-sUAS capabilities for maneuver formations. Work in this project complements PE 0603275A (Electronic Warfare Advanced Technology) / A72 (Sensor to Shooter (STS) Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with Secretary of Defense Memorandum, Army Transformation and Acquisition reform. Work in this project supports Air and Missile Defense, Soldier Lethality, and Long-Range Precision Fires Army Modernization Priorities. Work in this project is performed by the Armaments Center, Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center, and United States Army Space and Missile Defense Technical Center.
Mission — Autonomous Navigation Technology
This project seeks to develop innovative and adaptive Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) electromagnetic attack (EA) capabilities to deny adversaries the ability to utilize Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers. This project will leverage software defined EA hardware to agilely deny an increasingly evolving threat's ability to geolocate and navigate, greatly reducing the mission effectiveness of adversary autonomous and manned platforms. These cooperative NAVWAR EA systems and platforms can defeat advanced Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and platform-based capabilities. Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0603275A (Electronic Warfare Advanced Technology) / Project A74 (Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this project is performed by the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Technical Center and Command, Control, Computer, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — Modular GPS Independent Sensors Technology
This project investigates and develops Assured and Resilient Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) technologies that mitigate the impacts of adversary Electromagnetic Warfare attacks. This Project performs research and development of Electromagnetic Protection (EP) to Global Positioning System (GPS)-independent sensors using open architectures, sensor fusion, plug-and-play sensor modules that can be tailored for any platform based on mission needs and requirements. This Project will develop modular PNT sensor and fusion capabilities to enable the Army to continuously transform in contact, adding new PNT modalities, signals and EP, maintaining the critical ability of Soldiers and platforms to navigate in a rapidly evolving threat space. The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this project is performed by the Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — CEMA Sensing Technology
This project develops algorithms, techniques, and methodologies to passively and actively sense the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) associated with all types of adversarial cyber and electromagnetic activities (CEMA) to gain situational awareness, detect threats, and enable effective response. This project investigates resource management approaches to enable simultaneous RF operations within resource constrained environments. It extends the Army's deep sensing capability by improving simultaneous functionality, leveraging all potential sensing assets within the area of operations and supporting real time feedback of mission effectiveness. Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0603275A (Electronic Warfare Advanced Technology) / Project A76 (CEMA Sensing Advanced Technology) The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this project is performed by the Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — Electronic Warfare Technology
This project investigates and develops cutting-edge technologies for Electronic Warfare (EW) applications, non-kinetic survivability/lethality, and emerging concepts of employment in the increasingly contested and congested electromagnetic environment. The goal is to enhance the survivability/lethality of Army platforms through Electronic Attack (EA), Electronic Support (ES), and Electronic Protection (EP) with high operational realism for current and future operational environments. Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0603275A (Electronic Warfare Advanced Technology) / Project A77 (EW for Maneuver Operations (EMO) Adv Tech). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this project is performed by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and Data and Analysis Center (DAC).
Mission — EW Techniques Technology
This project develops countermeasures against adversarial counter-fire systems that obscure and create distractive blue force locations. This project will research and develop distributed, coordinated electromagnetic warfare (EW) capabilities designed to extend effective range, reduce blue transmitter susceptibility to localization, and introduce errors in adversary intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems to facilitate maneuver within multi-domain operations (MDO). Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0603275A (Electronic Warfare Advanced Technology) / Project A77 (EW for Maneuver Operations (EMO) Adv Tech). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this project is performed by the Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — EW Tech for Protection Against Advanced Threats
This project will investigate and design advanced survivability technologies to develop a team-based solution that delivers advanced sensing and electronic warfare (EW) effects across a family of aircraft to optimally penetrate and survive in the anti-access/area denial (A2AD) environment. This project will take an integrated team-based system of systems survivability approach through a purpose-driven mix of improved survivability situational awareness, signature management, vulnerability reduction, enhanced platform survivability against directed energy munitions, route and maneuver optimization, expendables, advanced sensors, and electro-optics (EO) & radio frequency (RF) jamming for existing and future air platforms. This Project will also provide advanced teaming algorithms for survivability. This Project develops and evaluates multi layered survivability concepts and supporting technologies for increased survivability of Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Family of Systems (FoS) in an advanced and evolving integrated air defense systems environment. The cited research is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Science and Technology focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this project is performed by Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC) and Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — Sensor Electronic Support Tech
This project investigates and develops critical radar capability enhancements to defeat advanced Air and Missile threats and protect Army maneuver forces and critical assets. Radar enhancements are required for advanced Electronic Protection (EP) techniques against advanced jammers, electronic Combat Identification (CID), and resource optimization across the threat spectrum while retaining 360 degree coverage capability. This research complements Program Element (PE) 0601275A (Electronic Warfare Basic Research) / Project A61 (Sensing and Electromagnetics) and PE 0603275A (Electronic Warfare Advanced Technology) / Project A78 (Radar Survivability through Dis Sensing Adv Tech). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this project is performed by the Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC).
Mission — Network Vuln/Effectiveness Assess Methods (N-VEAM)
This project develops analytical methodologies and tools to characterize hardware and software that enable Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) and Cyber capabilities to assess operations of Army Network and communication platforms and dismounts, while maintaining freedom to maneuver, communicate, and sense. This Project also develops a holistic cross-domain analysis and assessment methodology for network and communication technologies faced with advanced Cyber Electromagnetic Activity (CEMA). These investigations are critical to identifying vulnerabilities of United States systems and technologies so that network and network- enabled systems can be hardened as early as possible in development cycle. Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0602276A (Electronic Warfare Cyber Applied Research) / Project A79 (Autonomous Cyber Technology) and PE 0603276A (Electronic Warfare Cyber Advanced Technology) / Project A80 (Autonomous Cyber Advanced Technology), The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this project is performed by Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Analysis Center (DAC).
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (36)
Lethal Effects Architecture for Decision Synchronization Technology
This effort designs and develops advanced fire control algorithms and architectures for offensive and defensive fires and On the Move (OTM) Counter small Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-sUAS) engagements. These enhanced fire control capabilities will provide increased stowed kills vs sUAS threats, increase survivability, reduce burden on the warfighter, and increase mobility while maximizing affordability.
C-SR QC2
Investigates, designs, and develops a counter-surveillance and reconnaissance solution to generate cueing data on tactically relevant timelines and determine optimal threat engagement in support of Large-Scale Combat Operations in a joint all-domain command and control environment.
Combined and Distributed Electromagnetic Warfare (CDEW)
This research investigates emerging Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) technologies and novel approaches to apply distributed nodal and combined/coordinated electromagnetic spectrum warfare effects to counter a broad class of threats, with a goal of adequately degrading threat performance, increasing standoff distance to target, and increasing the survivability of US assets. Research includes design of a tailorable sensing and effecting payload ecosystem for small scale aerial autonomy for combined effects with conformal apertures, coordinated and distributed EW waveforms, and multi-platform cross-queueing. Research focuses on smaller arrays and alternative frequencies for smaller, more agile counter-command, control, communication, computers, and cyber (C5) capabilities.
Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Defeat Techniques
This effort enables simultaneous execution of Electronic Warfare (EW) and PNT defeat missions with more efficient use of available EW/Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities/PNT (EW/CEMA/PNT) resources. This multi-functional, flexible approach leveraging software-defined EA hardware will provide a unique approach to rapidly develop new waveforms and techniques defeat adversary systems utilizing NAVWAR Attack as an embedded mode in EW systems.
Resilient NAVWAR Defeat
This effort provides dynamic and resilient NAVWAR electronic attack through employing cooperative platforms to deny the adversaries use of GNSS, decrease the adversary's operational effectiveness, and increase blue-force maneuver space.
Frequency Independent Localization and Time for Enhanced Resiliency (FILTER)
This effort increases the resilience of Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) systems by enabling them to take advantage of additional, non-Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Radio Frequency (RF) sources. This effort investigates the design of a single PNT receiver that integrates a diverse set of commercial and military signal sources to provide a PNT solution that enables operation in contested environments, with the ability to rapidly integrate new signals over time.
Techniques and Algorithms for Cooperative Assured Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT)
This effort develops techniques for precision time transfer across Army platforms (Soldier, Ground Vehicles, Aviation) to ensure accurate timing down to the most disadvantaged user, which is critical to distributed and network-enabled operations. It will enable provision of cooperative PNT between multiple Army platforms and Soldiers as a core enabler of many warfighter capabilities (Electronic Warfare, Radar, etc.). Effort increases resilience of PNT systems through usage of additional RF sources reducing the effectiveness of outside interference of congested and contested environments.
Multi-Function Resourcing for CEMA Technologies
This effort investigates optimization of radio frequency transmit and receive resources to conduct simultaneous electronic warfare (EW), signals intelligence (SIGINT) and offensive cyber missions. Efforts will investigate Joint-Service & coalition interfaces to automate collection capabilities on multifunction systems and novel resource scheduling characteristics to execute Cyber and ElectroMagnetic Activities (CEMA) and support real-time feedback such as Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) and adaptive Electronic Attack (EA).
Distributed Electronic Warfare Effects
This effort investigates and develops critical EW components and techniques to enable the FVL capability to operate and survive in A2/AD environments. It provides scalable low size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) signal processing components and decision-making algorithms that adapt and counter the characteristics of advanced and emerging threats.
Radar Survivability through Distributed Sensing (RSDS) Tech
Investigates and develops critical radar capability enhancements to defeat advanced Air and Missile threats and protect Army maneuver forces and critical assets.
Understanding, Protecting, and Enabling CEMA Effects
This effort develops and continually improves methodology and approaches for estimating and predicting CEMA effects on networks and network-enabled systems during complex multi-domain operations when significant cross-domain effects can be expected. Methods include drawing upon past research concerning the interaction of cyber and Electromagnetic Warfare threats on operational networks; laboratory operations, over-the-air anechoic chamber experimentation, and open-air field experimentation; and first principles Modeling and Simulation (M&S) and engineering analysis. Abstracting, generalizing, and automating multi-domain CEMA operations will enable the development of analysis and assessment of methods and tools to anticipate the impact of future threats. Live, virtual, and simulated environments will be developed to estimate the potential operational impact of threat CEMA technologies on friendly systems.
Vulnerability Analysis Methodology for CEMA Threats
This effort investigates threat/target interactions to develop experimental and analytical methodology for separate and cross-domain cyber and electromagnetic threat attack so that assessed vulnerabilities in a multi-domain complex environment can be reduced or eliminated before fielding new networks and network-enabled systems. Experimental and analysis methodologies will be developed to investigate vulnerabilities of specific configurations of complex future networks with multiple communications modalities, advanced deception techniques in the cyber and electromagnetic areas, and advanced Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) systems.
Spectrum Superstorm Tech
This effort investigates the use of obfuscation and technical effects in the radio frequency spectrum using distributed and dispersed techniques to coordinate signal effects against adversaries from distant transmitters. This effort enables Army emitters to operate free from adversary geolocation attempts through technical effect applications.
Deep Operational Electro-Magnetic Sensing Technology
This effort investigates the detection of threat electromagnetic signals within deep operational and maneuver environments. This includes the investigation into the viability of small form factor expendable unattended ground sensors that deliver timely and accurate detection, identification and location of Radio Frequency (RF) emissions that require short stand-in sensing distances in signal dense environments
RF-Enabled CEMA Sensing and Effects
This effort develops technologies to avoid geolocation of blue force radio frequency (RF) emissions by peer/near-peer adversaries. Research will focus on developing low probability of detection (LPD) communications and RF transceivers to increase freedom of maneuver while maintaining effective communications.
Common Compact Electronic Warfare
This effort researches methods for compact and scalable radio frequency (RF) architectures for small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to munitions-scale distributed and coordinated delivery. The effort develops methods for tailorable sensing and effecting payloads in small UAS for combined effects with conformal apertures, coordinated and distributed EW waveforms and multi-platform cross-queuing. Compact payloads will enable deep sensing/targeting and EW effects and protection in extreme and/or anti-access/area denial (A2AD) environments.
Electronic Warfare Assessment Technologies
This effort investigates emerging technologies related to EW applications (e.g., digital RF memory, software defined radios, cognitive radars) and electromagnetic-enabled cyberspace operations in the increasingly contested and congested environment. Research is focused on near-peer and future threats to enhance survivability/lethality and discover critical vulnerabilities of Army technologies and systems through cyber and electromagnetic activities (CEMA).
Counter Adversarial ISR and Counter Fire Network Technology
This effort will fund research in Electronic Warfare (EW) to impair and/or degrade the adversary's ability to leverage advanced target development, tracking, and kinetic engagement capabilities, offering friendly forces more protection from detection, location, and kinetic engagement. This effort will investigate and mature highly synchronized techniques to simultaneously produce advanced effects against adversarial RF systems capable of degrading Army countermeasures (camouflage, concealment, tactics, and other EW capabilities) forcing them to fall back into less capable systems that friendly forces can overcome. The hardware and software capabilities developed will provide opportunistic, multiplatform delivery of electromagnetic warfare capabilities that are more challenging for adversaries to mitigate.
Distributed Electronic Warfare Effects
This effort investigates and develops critical EW components and techniques to enable the FVL capability to operate and survive in A2/AD environments. It provides scalable low size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) signal processing components and decision-making algorithms that adapt and counter the characteristics of advanced and emerging threats.
Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Defeat Techniques
This effort enables simultaneous execution of Electronic Warfare (EW) and PNT defeat missions with more efficient use of available EW/Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities/PNT (EW/CEMA/PNT) resources. This multi-functional, flexible approach leveraging software-defined EA hardware will provide a unique approach to rapidly develop new waveforms and techniques defeat adversary systems utilizing NAVWAR Attack as an embedded mode in EW systems.
Resilient NAVWAR Defeat
This effort provides dynamic and resilient NAVWAR electronic attack through employing cooperative platforms to deny the adversaries use of GNSS, decrease the adversary's operational effectiveness, and increase blue-force maneuver space.
Frequency Independent Localization and Time for Enhanced Resiliency (FILTER)
This effort increases the resilience of Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) systems by enabling them to take advantage of additional, non-Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Radio Frequency (RF) sources. This effort investigates the design of a single PNT receiver that integrates a diverse set of commercial and military signal sources to provide a PNT solution that enables operation in contested environments, with the ability to rapidly integrate new signals over time.
Techniques and Algorithms for Cooperative Assured Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT)
This effort develops techniques for precision time transfer across Army platforms (Soldier, Ground Vehicles, Aviation) to ensure accurate timing down to the most disadvantaged user, which is critical to distributed and network-enabled operations. It will enable provision of cooperative PNT between multiple Army platforms and Soldiers as a core enabler of many warfighter capabilities (Electronic Warfare, Radar, etc.). Effort increases resilience of PNT systems through usage of additional RF sources reducing the effectiveness of outside interference of congested and contested environments.
Multi-Function Resourcing for CEMA Technologies
This effort investigates optimization of radio frequency transmit and receive resources to conduct simultaneous electronic warfare (EW), signals intelligence (SIGINT) and offensive cyber missions. Efforts will investigate Joint-Service & coalition interfaces to automate collection capabilities on multifunction systems and novel resource scheduling characteristics to execute Cyber and ElectroMagnetic Activities (CEMA) and support real-time feedback such as Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) and adaptive Electronic Attack (EA).
Electronic Warfare Assessment Technologies
This effort investigates emerging technologies related to EW applications (e.g., digital RF memory, software defined radios, cognitive radars) and electromagnetic-enabled cyberspace operations in the increasingly contested and congested environment. Research is focused on near-peer and future threats to enhance survivability/lethality and discover critical vulnerabilities of Army technologies and systems through cyber and electromagnetic activities (CEMA).
Combined and Distributed Electromagnetic Warfare (CDEW)
This research investigates emerging Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) technologies and novel approaches to apply distributed nodal and combined/coordinated electromagnetic spectrum warfare effects to counter a broad class of threats, with a goal of adequately degrading threat performance, increasing standoff distance to target, and increasing the survivability of US assets. Research includes design of a tailorable sensing and effecting payload ecosystem for small scale aerial autonomy for combined effects with conformal apertures, coordinated and distributed EW waveforms, and multi-platform cross-queueing. Research focuses on smaller arrays and alternative frequencies for smaller, more agile counter-command, control, communication, computers, and cyber (C5) capabilities.
Common Compact Electronic Warfare
This effort researches methods for compact and scalable radio frequency (RF) architectures for small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to munitions-scale distributed and coordinated delivery. The effort develops methods for tailorable sensing and effecting payloads in small UAS for combined effects with conformal apertures, coordinated and distributed EW waveforms and multi-platform cross-queuing. Compact payloads will enable deep sensing/targeting and EW effects and protection in extreme and/or anti-access/area denial (A2AD) environments.
RF-Enabled CEMA Sensing and Effects
This effort develops technologies to avoid geolocation of blue force radio frequency (RF) emissions by peer/near-peer adversaries. Research will focus on developing low probability of detection (LPD) communications and RF transceivers to increase freedom of maneuver while maintaining effective communications.
Deep Operational Electro-Magnetic Sensing Technology
This effort investigates the detection of threat electromagnetic signals within deep operational and maneuver environments. This includes the investigation into the viability of small form factor expendable unattended ground sensors that deliver timely and accurate detection, identification and location of Radio Frequency (RF) emissions that require short stand-in sensing distances in signal dense environments
Spectrum Superstorm Tech
This effort investigates the use of obfuscation and technical effects in the radio frequency spectrum using distributed and dispersed techniques to coordinate signal effects against adversaries from distant transmitters. This effort enables Army emitters to operate free from adversary geolocation attempts through technical effect applications.
Counter Adversarial ISR and Counter Fire Network Technology
This effort will fund research in Electronic Warfare (EW) to impair and/or degrade the adversary's ability to leverage advanced target development, tracking, and kinetic engagement capabilities, offering friendly forces more protection from detection, location, and kinetic engagement. This effort will investigate and mature highly synchronized techniques to simultaneously produce advanced effects against adversarial RF systems capable of degrading Army countermeasures (camouflage, concealment, tactics, and other EW capabilities) forcing them to fall back into less capable systems that friendly forces can overcome. The hardware and software capabilities developed will provide opportunistic, multiplatform delivery of electromagnetic warfare capabilities that are more challenging for adversaries to mitigate.
Radar Survivability through Distributed Sensing (RSDS) Tech
Investigates and develops critical radar capability enhancements to defeat advanced Air and Missile threats and protect Army maneuver forces and critical assets.
Understanding, Protecting, and Enabling CEMA Effects
This effort develops and continually improves methodology and approaches for estimating and predicting CEMA effects on networks and network-enabled systems during complex multi-domain operations when significant cross-domain effects can be expected. Methods include drawing upon past research concerning the interaction of cyber and Electromagnetic Warfare threats on operational networks; laboratory operations, over-the-air anechoic chamber experimentation, and open-air field experimentation; and first principles Modeling and Simulation (M&S) and engineering analysis. Abstracting, generalizing, and automating multi-domain CEMA operations will enable the development of analysis and assessment of methods and tools to anticipate the impact of future threats. Live, virtual, and simulated environments will be developed to estimate the potential operational impact of threat CEMA technologies on friendly systems.
Vulnerability Analysis Methodology for CEMA Threats
This effort investigates threat/target interactions to develop experimental and analytical methodology for separate and cross-domain cyber and electromagnetic threat attack so that assessed vulnerabilities in a multi-domain complex environment can be reduced or eliminated before fielding new networks and network-enabled systems. Experimental and analysis methodologies will be developed to investigate vulnerabilities of specific configurations of complex future networks with multiple communications modalities, advanced deception techniques in the cyber and electromagnetic areas, and advanced Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) systems.
C-SR QC2
Investigates, designs, and develops a counter-surveillance and reconnaissance solution to generate cueing data on tactically relevant timelines and determine optimal threat engagement in support of Large-Scale Combat Operations in a joint all-domain command and control environment.
Lethal Effects Architecture for Decision Synchronization Technology
This effort designs and develops advanced fire control algorithms and architectures for offensive and defensive fires and On the Move (OTM) Counter small Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-sUAS) engagements. These enhanced fire control capabilities will provide increased stowed kills vs sUAS threats, increase survivability, reduce burden on the warfighter, and increase mobility while maximizing affordability.
Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)
Exhibit R-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Disc. Request | $45.4M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Total | $45.4M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
| Project | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|
| A70: Sensor Electronic Support Tech | $1.27M | $1.27M |
| A66: CEMA Sensing Technology | $2.10M | $2.10M |
| A64: Autonomous Navigation Technology | $2.83M | $2.83M |
| A71: Network Vuln/Effectiveness Assess Methods (N-VEAM) | $4.46M | $4.46M |
| A68: EW Techniques Technology | $5.19M | $5.19M |
| A65: Modular GPS Independent Sensors Technology | $6.81M | $6.81M |
| A63: Sensor to Shooter (STS) Applied Research | $7.02M | $7.02M |
| A69: EW Tech for Protection Against Advanced Threats | $7.11M | $7.11M |
| A67: Electronic Warfare Technology | $8.63M | $8.63M |
| Program Element | $45.4M | $45.4M |
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Awards
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