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AOC VIRTUAL SERIES WEBINAR: 'The EW Octagon: A Way to Test Cognitive EW,' August 22
Maj. Kenneth "Beldar" Hollinger is a Marine EA-6B Electronic Countermeasures Officer currently serving as a flight instructor at VT-86. In this 45-minute presentation, he will be discussing a concept he calls ... "THE EW OCTAGON."
The ability to transmit and receive information to and from nodes on the battlefield can be the key to winning or losing a fight. The Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) is the information pathway of choice in any kind of maneuver warfare. With the exponential increase of sensors on the battlefield, we are quickly running out of maneuver space within the EMS. It is not hard to imagine a scenario where a contest between two adversaries is won or lost solely from the ability to dominate the EMS. The side with EMS dominance will be able to see the battlefield and communicate – while the other side will be rendered blind and dumb.
Assuming both sides have similar assets (sensors, emitters, power, computer processing capabilities), what is the best use of those resources? Or, stated another way: In a contested EMS environment, what is the best strategy to guarantee use of the EMS while denying the enemy the same? Assuming an equal power budget, what strategy will give you the correct mix of sensing, transmitting, jamming, bit checking and processing to maximize the delta between you and your enemy’s ability to make use of the EMS?
As strategies and theories for EMS dominance are developed it will be necessary to establish a proving ground in which to test them. The "Electronic Warfare (EW) Octagon" concept is to create an environment to facilitate the maturation of "Cognitive EW" – or the ability to autonomously sense and react to what the enemy is doing and dominate the EMS.
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