The Air Force wants to “re-establish itself as a leader in electronic warfare,” said Lt. Gen. Herbert Carlisle, deputy chief of staff for operations, plans and requirements. Doing so will keep the service’s legacy platforms “viable well into the future,” he told the House Armed Services Committee’s readiness panel last week. To accomplish this goal, the service intends to speed up the procurement of active electronically scanned array radars and “electronic protect software upgrades,” he said. It also plans to add two EC-130H Compass Call aircraft over the next five fiscal years. (Carlisle written statement)
After years of serving as the bill-payer for other Pentagon priorities, munitions stockpiles are poised to get a major boost from the $150 billion reconciliation package unveiled by lawmakers in Congress this week, along with the defense industrial base to...