How the Ukraine war is shifting the US Army’s EW capabilities
Camouflaged Mobile Command Post vehicles blend in during a CPI2 limited user test. (Photo: US Army)
The branch has been planning multi-billion dollar investments in reliable communications and solutions to prevent enemy detection.
The US Army has been changing its requirements for EW acquisition and modernisation programmes based on lessons learned from the Ukraine war. Since its beginning, the conflict has shown how command, control and communications (C3) systems can put warfighters and capabilities in a vulnerable position.
It has been leading the branch towards allocating billions of dollars to the acquisition and development of reliable communications and solutions to avoid detection and mitigate the threat from enemy indirect fire. This approach includes investments in new designs and in the modernisation of in-service inventory.
“The way that the army does command and
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