House lawmakers introduce electronic-warfare legislation

Two House lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at enhancing U.S. electronic-warfare capabilities.

The bill, authored by Reps. Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Jackie Walorski (R-IN), seeks to give the Pentagon "more flexibility, making it easier to modernize legacy systems and develop new EW technologies," according to a statement from the lawmakers.

The bill would also provide "leaders in the Pentagon with more and better tools to more rapidly acquire advanced EW technology" and calls on the Defense Department's EW Executive Committee to report to Congress on a strategy intended to increase U.S. electronic-warfare capabilities, according to the statement.

A similar bill has been introduced in the Senate by Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).