Pentagon Creates New Electronic Warfare Council To Guide Spending

By Tony Bertuca / March 17, 2015 at 5:15 PM
Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work announced Tuesday the creation of a new Electronic Warfare Programs Council intended to guide Pentagon investments. Work, who broke the news at a Washington defense conference hosted by Credit Suisse and McAleese & Associates, said the new council would be co-chaired by Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Adm. James Winnefeld and Frank Kendall, the Pentagon's head of acquisition. "EW is often regarded as a combat enabler," he said. "Our adversaries don't think so. They...

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