U.S. Army in Final Stages of Developing EW Software Tool for Battle Management

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The U.S. Army is in the final stages of developing a software tool, the Raytheon [RTN]Electronic Warfare Planning and Management Tool (EWPMT), to give the operators of militaryhardware, including aircraft, situational awareness of the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS),according to a discussion of Electromagnetic Battle Management (EMBM) at the Association ofOld Crows annual symposium in Washington, D.C. this week.Begun by the Army in 2014, EWPMT is to plan, manage and control sensors and other systemsin the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) to provide fighting forces with critical information on thecrowded signal environment of a modern battlefield. Under EWPMT, electronic warfare officerswill be able to analyze possible courses of action and to provide situational awareness for Armybrigade combat team commanders. EWPMT’s "collaboration and sharing capability bringselectronic warfare officers, electromagnetic spectrum managers and cyber planners into thevirtual command post computing environment to deconflict and manage the very congestedspectrum," Raytheon said.