WASHINGTON - Chief of the Army Electronic Warfare Division Col. Jim Ekvall appeared on 'This Week in Defense News with Vago Muradian' Sunday morning Feb. 3 in a special electronic warfare roundtable. Capt. Gregg Smith, USN, Col. Jim Pryor, USAF and Lt. Col. Jason Schuette of the USMC also appeared on the show. The electronic warfare special highlighted the joint efforts among the services to synchronize the growing demand to control and gain an advantage in the electromagnetic spectrum against enemy threats.
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“Our focus is the enemy’s command and control on the battlefield. Anything that the enemy uses that uses the electromagnetic spectrum I want to be able to attack it, I want to be able to defend against it. I want to go against his communications, I want to go against his sensors, I want to go against his UAVs.” Col. Jim Ekvall
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“Our initial focus of the initial increment of our Multi Function Electronic Warfare (MFEW) system is the brigade commander. We want to provide the brigade commander with the capability to gain and maintain an advantage in the electromagnetic spectrum.” Col. Jim Ekvall
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“We have to train in a communications denied environment more than we do. We can’t just look at this in a vacuum. This is about what does a spectrum manger do, what does a cyber operation specialist do, what does an EW specialist do and all of those guys have to work together.” Col. Jim Ekvall
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| Date Taken: | 02.04.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 02.05.2013 11:11 |
| Story ID: | 101485 |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US |
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