Outsmarting agile adversaries in the electromagnetic spectrum / Padmaja Vedula, Abbie Tingstad, Lance Menthe, Karishma R. Mehta, Jonathan Roberts, Robert A. Guffey, Natalie W. Crawford, Brad A. Bemish, Richard Payne, Erik Schuh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vedula, Padmaja, author.

Tingstad, Abbie, 1982- author.

Menthe, Lance, author.

Mehta, Karishma R., author.

Guffey, Robert A., author.

Crawford, Natalie W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronics in military engineering--United States.

Electronics in military engineering.

Electronic countermeasures.

Radar--Interference.

Radar.

Artificial intelligence--Military applications--United States.

Artificial intelligence.

Electronic intelligence--United States.

Electronic intelligence.

Artificial intelligence--Military applications.

United States.

United States. Air Force.

Place of Publication:

RAND Corporation 2023

Summary:

The U.S. Air Force's electronic warfare integrated reprogramming (EWIR) enterprise examines intelligence on adversary threats that emit in the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) (in particular, radars and jammers) and configures electronic warfare software and hardware to enable aircraft or other resources to react to and/or respond to adverse changes in the EMS environment. With the growing advancements in U.S. adversaries' electronic warfare assets that enable complex and diverse EMS capabilities, identifying, tracking, and responding to these threats requires much faster updates than the existing EWIR enterprise was designed for. The research team conducted four interrelated technology case studies that together comprise the fundamental elements necessary for creating a near-real-time, autonomous, inflight software reprogramming capability and, more specifically, artificial intelligence–enabled cognitive electronic warfare capabilities—the use of machine learning algorithms that enable platforms to learn, reprogram, adapt, and effectively counter threats in flight. The research team also highlighted important continuing roles for the existing EWIR enterprise even as the U.S. Air Force moves toward a cognitive future.

Contents:

Assessment of the Current EWIR Enterprise

A Vision for Future EWIR

Operationalization of Cognitive EW

Cloud Integration and Data Engineering

Flight Program Software and Containerized Microservices

Onboard High-Performance Computing

Envisioning a Future EW Capability : Vignette Analysis.