Electronic Warfare Cyber Applied Research

Mission — Electronic Warfare Cyber Applied Research source

This Program Element (PE) investigates and develops architectures, technologies, techniques, components, and tools to enhance Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA) for Multi-Domain Joint Operations in tactical environments. These efforts aim to counter the adversary's Command, Control, Computing, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Targeting (C-C5ISR&T) capabilities and plan, target, execute Cyber effects through the employment of non-traditional access and effect vectors against adversarial systems, communication networks, and decision centers to reduce the adversary's ability to execute command and control of its forces. Additionally, these efforts will protect tactical wired and wireless networks against modern cyber-attacks, focusing on configuration, operation, monitoring, data integrity, and defense in bandwidth constrained tactical environments while reducing the operator workload required to conduct these functions. This PE will investigate key technologies that create windows of opportunity to provide significant operational advantage over adversaries. It will increase unit survivability and maneuverability and enhance the employment of non-kinetic effects in highly contested and congested electromagnetic environments. Work in this PE complements PE 0603276A (Electronic Warfare Cyber Advance 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 — Autonomous Cyber Technology source

This project investigates and applies robust cyber security techniques and applications to advanced communications and networking devices, software, algorithms and protocols utilized within wireless tactical networks to protect against nation state level Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA) and maintain Warfighter confidence in network information, resources, identities and mission partners by hardening the blue force attack surface. This project investigates RF-enabled cyber approaches to Disrupt, Deny, Degrade, Destroy and Manipulate (D4M) adversary C2ISR systems and capabilities. Furthermore, in full alignment with ARCYBER "reprogrammability" efforts, this project will also focus on establishing new methodologies for the development of EW / OCO effects that are more readily implemented, upgradable and portable across different Army platforms. Work in this project complements Program Element (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 the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and Command, Control, Computer, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.

Mission — Electronic Warfare Cyber Applied Research source

This Program Element (PE) investigates and develops architectures, technologies, techniques, components, and tools to enhance Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA) for Multi-Domain Joint Operations in tactical environments. These efforts aim to counter the adversary's Command, Control, Computing, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Targeting (C-C5ISR&T) capabilities and plan, target, execute Cyber effects through the employment of non-traditional access and effect vectors against adversarial systems, communication networks, and decision centers to reduce the adversary's ability to execute command and control of its forces. Additionally, these efforts will protect tactical wired and wireless networks against modern cyber-attacks, focusing on configuration, operation, monitoring, data integrity, and defense in bandwidth constrained tactical environments while reducing the operator workload required to conduct these functions. This PE will investigate key technologies that create windows of opportunity to provide significant operational advantage over adversaries. It will increase unit survivability and maneuverability and enhance the employment of non-kinetic effects in highly contested and congested electromagnetic environments. Work in this PE complements PE 0603276A (Electronic Warfare Cyber Advance 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 — Autonomous Cyber Technology source

This project investigates and applies robust cyber security techniques and applications to advanced communications and networking devices, software, algorithms and protocols utilized within wireless tactical networks to protect against nation state level Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA) and maintain Warfighter confidence in network information, resources, identities and mission partners by hardening the blue force attack surface. This project investigates RF-enabled cyber approaches to Disrupt, Deny, Degrade, Destroy and Manipulate (D4M) adversary C2ISR systems and capabilities. Furthermore, in full alignment with ARCYBER "reprogrammability" efforts, this project will also focus on establishing new methodologies for the development of EW / OCO effects that are more readily implemented, upgradable and portable across different Army platforms. Work in this project complements Program Element (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 the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and Command, Control, Computer, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.

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