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Surface Warfare Center Provides Electronic Warfare Training

Navy NewsStand

Story Number: NNS080703-25
Release Date: 7/3/2008 10:39:00 PM

By Mary Camacho, Crane Division Naval Surface Warfare Center Public Affairs

CRANE, Ind. (NNS) -- Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) presented an introductory course on electronic warfare at the Washington Navy Yard in May.

Electronic Warfare (EW) Technical Warrant Holder (TWH), Jerry Carroll and Dave Jenkins, a retired master chief who served as an electronic warfare technician, from Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) provided operational fleet expertise.

The six-hour, unclassified training course, offered NAVSEA headquarters personnel a basic understanding of non-kinetic EW capabilities across all platforms. Carroll addressed electronic attack (EA), electronic protection (EP) and electronic warfare support (ES) EW technologies.

Carroll also addressed the need to develop an open architecture (OA) for future requirements to support the changing landscape due to irregular, catastrophic and disruptive challenges while sustaining traditional capabilities.

The purpose of EW is to deny the opponent an advantage in the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) and ensure friendly unimpeded access to the EMS portion of the information environment. It is a core capability of information operations (IO) and can be applied from air, sea, land and space by manned and unmanned systems. EW is employed to support military operations involving various levels of detection, denial, deception, disruption and destruction.

Carroll's area of responsibility includes the AN/SLQ-32(V) System which is a shipboard EW suite installed on all U.S. Navy combatants. It serves as the primary EA and ES system for surface ships. A spiral upgrade program is being implemented to incorporate technology and capability insertions.

Carroll also addressed subsurface, airborne and ground EW capabilities and commonality initiatives for current and next generation EW systems, as well as a notional EW System implementing naval OA.

According to Jenkins of NSWC Crane's EW/IO Center, this training was important because it provides a better understanding to those personnel at NAVSEA headquarters of the importance of EW regardless of the platform.

"This technology covers all domains and is less expensive than kinetic actions," Jenkins said. "By understanding the importance of EW and how to integrate it, program sponsors and new ship platform program managers will be better able to deliver platforms with the capability the Navy requires."

NSWC Crane's EW/IO Center provides nationally recognized intellectual leadership offering practical solutions across the entire electromagnetic spectrum.

For more news from Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, visit www.navy.mil/local/crane/.