Selva: Better collaboration between services could help Pentagon field EW capabilities faster

By Courtney Albon / November 29, 2018 at 5:00 AM
The vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said this week he's cautiously optimistic that better interservice dialogue on how to address electronic warfare capability gaps will help the Pentagon gain some edge over Chinese and Russian technological advancements. Part of the challenge, according to Gen. Paul Selva, is ensuring the services will transition experiments and prototypes into real programs. "I ask for the funding lines and if the funding lines don't exist, then it's not a program. It's...

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