Solving EW Challenges in the Lab Enables Mission Success
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Ensuring mission success for electromagnetic spectrum operations (EMSO) grows increasingly difficult due to the crowded RF environment. Several decades ago, an electronic warfare (EW) system primarily had to contend with other military systems. Today’s spectrum environment contains a growing range of commercial, industrial, military, and government wireless technologies operating across many frequency ranges. In this congested, contested environment, it is much more difficult to predict how an EW system will respond to quickly evolving and emerging threats. Facing this rising complexity demands that we confront heightened performance expectations for EW systems. Extensive testing of an EW system in the lab environment helps assess its performance before the mission to determine its readiness. As EW test laboratories scale up capabilities in signal density and diversity, they can more accurately represent the real world to help test systems before an actual mission.