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A little over a month ago, the Deputy Minister of defense Gabe Camarillo said that the gaps in the Arsenal of means of warfare of the us Armed forces forced him to lose sleep. Now, however, he expressed hope that this issue will be resolved soon.
This was reported in the journal Defense News.
The official optimism stems from the fact that in order to enhance electronic warfare, the Pentagon soon will adopt a new multi-function module for air platforms. U.S. Department of defense begins to develop an electronic warfare system after several decades of relative stagnation. This is due to the fact that the main opponents, which had the United States in the middle East, were very poorly developed in terms of technology. Now Americans have to correspond to the level of a much more serious potential adversaries – Russia and China.
Washington today accelerates this process, watching the active use of EW in the latest regional armed conflicts, including during the Russian military operation in Ukraine.
Multifunction standalone module REB in question, developed by Lockheed Martin and designed to be installed on the drone MQ-1C Gray Eagle. The us military studied and other platforms. In particular, the Military air forces of the United States are interested in the equipment of this unit A-10 attack aircraft to use it for surveillance and reconnaissance.
