Army to Announce Upcoming EW Battlefield Management Tool at AUSA

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES

10.01.2014

Courtesy Story

U.S. Army

WASHINGTON - Army Electronic Warfare Division chief Colonel Jim Ekvall along with Frank Pietryka the Director of Airborne Information Operations at Raytheon will brief the media about the recently awarded contract to build the Army’s Electronic Warfare Planning and Management Tool (EWPMT). The briefing will occur during the Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition.

The briefing will detail how the EWPMT software tool will be an integral piece of equipment that will allow Soldiers to easily manage, synchronize and coordinate electronic warfare operations across the electromagnetic battlefield of the future. During the third quarter of FY15 the first set of the software tools will be tested in select units.

Key Topics:

• Update on milestones reached for fully operational capability for EWPMT
• Details on the 22 separate and distinct functions for the software tool
• EWPMT as a piece of the Integrated Electronic Warfare System
• Tool will allow Soldiers to have long-term, effective solutions to manage the electromagnetic spectrum
• Importance to the Army for the continual funding for EWPMT

Location/Time:

Walter E. Washington Convention Center
801 Mt Vernon Pl NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Salon D
Monday October 13th at 1:00 p.m.

• Date Taken: 10.01.2014
• Date Posted: 10.01.2014 17:15
• Story ID: 143958
• Location: WASHINGTON, DC, US