On August 23, 2017, the Williams Foundation held a seminar on the future of electronic warfare. With the introduction of the Growler, this has provided a natural hook into the broader discussion of the evolving payloads, which need to be part of an integrated 21st century combat force. http://www.williamsfoundation.org.au/event-2527349 One of the speakers at the seminar was Lt. General (Retired) Davis and his presentation slides from the conference are published here.

1. Distributed Electronic Warfare
August 2017
LtGen Jon Davis
USMC (Ret)
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2. MAGTF EW
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➢ Provide current overview of Marine Corps Electronic Warfare:
❑ EW Centric Platform Strategy
❑ Platform Agnostic Strategy
❑ MAGTF (air, land, sea, cyberspace) Spectrum Operations
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❑ Intrepid Tiger II
❑ Intrepid Tiger II Payload Strategy
❑ Software Reprogrammable Payload SRP)
❑ F-35
❑ MUX UAS
❑ Wrap Up
Purpose
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3. MAGTF EW
Recent Past / Near Future
Sundown The Joint Tactical AEA Requirement
VMAQ Status
▪ The Joint TacAir AEA mission FY19+ Navy EA-18G only
▪ Capacity
▪ EA-6B POR: 128, EA-18G POR: 160
▪ Capability
▪ EA-6B and EA-18G both use ALQ-218 receivers
and ALQ-99 EA pods
▪ Next Gen Jammer will replace ALQ-99 for
EA-18G over time
▪ Marine Aviation has fielded and will continue to develop AEA
capabilities that are organic to the MAGTF.
▪ F-35
▪ Intrepid Tiger II (IT II)
▪ Future: MAGTF Expeditionary UAS (MUX)
▪ EA-6B sundown began FY16
▪ VMAQT-1 (Deactivated 27 May 2016)
▪ VMAQ-4: FY17 (Deactivated 30 June 2017)
▪ VMAQ-3: FY18 (Begin deactivation 1 Oct 2017)
▪ VMAQ-2: FY19
▪ Transition opportunities for EA-6B personnel
▪ (38) aircrew selected for transition / conversion /
UAS accession (FY11-FY17)
▪ Ongoing transition board opportunities in FY18 and
for foreseeable future
▪ VMAQ-4 final deployment completed Oct 2016
▪ VMAQ-3 final deployment currently underway
▪ Final EA-6B deployment:
▪ VMAQ-2 (FY18)
▪ Takeaway:
▪ In three months there will only be one operational
EA-6B squadron remaining; in 15 months there will
be no operational EA-6B squadrons for tasking.
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4. MAGTF EW
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MAGTF Spectrum Operations
Operational Concept Graphic
Communications
Attack
Signal
Exploitation
&
Electronic Attack
Force
Protection
CREW
Spectrum
Surveillance
Communications
Attack
LFOC
IWCC
Maneuver Element
IT II Block X Radar &
Communications Attack
Information Warfare
Coordination Cell
(IWCC)
Suppression of
Enemy Air Defense
Airborne Relay
Communications
Attack
“MAGTF EW transitions the Marine Corps from a focus on low density/high-demand EW platforms, to a distributed, platform-agnostic
strategy – where every platform contributes/ functions as a sensor, shooter and sharer – to include EW.
Under MAGTF EW the Marine Corps is leveraging emerging technologies and integrating multiple platforms, payloads, nodes, and
capabilities to provide commanders with an organic and persistent air and ground EW capability.”
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5. MAGTF EW
Intrepid Tiger II (V)1
Intrepid Tiger II
▪ Electronic Warfare pod providing organic Communications
Electronic Attack (EA) for the MAGTF
▪ Platform agnostic, non-propriety, utilizes existing platform
interfaces (no OFP changes)
▪ Fielded on AV-8B, F/A-18A-D
▪ (20+) completed deployments
▪ Continuous MEU deployments
▪ 305 pounds, 141” x 10”
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Intrepid Tiger II (V)3
▪ Increased frequency range and added direction finding (DF)
capability
▪ Fielding on UH-1Y (Future: AH-1Z)
▪ AH-1Z integration and test in FY21-24 (POM-20
request)
▪ Initial MEU deployment FY16, second MEU deployment
complete, third deployment begins 4QFY17.
▪ UH-1Y IOT&E 1Q-2QFY18
▪ 283 pounds, 108” x 8”
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6. MAGTF EW
Intrepid Tiger II (Cont.)
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Intrepid Tiger II (V)”4”
▪ Payload under IT II family of systems for RQ-21A
▪ EW payload capable of conducting, supporting, and
coordinating Communications Electronic Attack and
Electronic Warfare Support.
▪ IT II (V)”4” nomenclature pre-decisional (CPD in draft)
▪ Payload production FY21-23
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Intrepid Tiger II Block X
▪ Block X ECP for (V)1 develops Counter-Radar EA
▪ Funded: MV-22B, AV-8B, F/A-18A-D
▪ Priority Block X Platform: MV-22B, payload production
FY20-23
▪ Block X form factor will be designed as both a pod and
as a payload
▪ Pod: AV-8B, F/A-18A-D
▪ Payload: MV-22B

7. MAGTF EW
FY22 FY23 FY24FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21
Communications
EA
Platform IT II
Pod/Payload
Production &
Integration
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Radar +
Communications
EA (Block X)
Fielding and/or
Funding Pre-
decisional
#
Total FY
Inventory
Objective per
T/M/S
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IT II Payload Strategy
FY25 FY26 FY27 FY28 FY29 FY30+
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3
7 12 22 34 46 56
3
4
11 20 31 42
29 25 19 8
0
6 4
25 21 16 8 4
04 8
8
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Note: AH-1Z and
UH-1Y will share
inventory and
employ same IT II
form factor. IT-II /
AH-1Z Integration is
a POM-20 Request

8. MAGTF EW
SOFTWARE REPROGRAMMABLE PAYLOAD (SRP)
Developed by Navy Research Lab, Software
Reprogrammable Payload (SRP) is an open-
architecture, government-owned reference
design for a flexible, in-operational reconfigurable
software radio designed to be a key enabler of
digital connectivity between USMC air and
ground forces with dissimilar protocols
SRP increment 1 is flying in support of joint
missions today
SRP increment 2 designed by USMC to
incorporate four widely used waveforms:
ANW2 supports GCE
TTNT supports IWCC
LINK-16 supports air control
CDL supports full motion video
Enables use of all four waveforms
simultaneously with three additional
available channels
SRP allows upgrade to comm and network
capability without having to integrate a new box
on the platform
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Leading Edge Technologies
• SOA
• FPGAs
• Highly Integrated RF Devices
• Advanced computational devices
• COTS Media Processors
• Miniaturized Hi-Q Filters
• Embedded encryption
• Advanced Cyber security and AT
• Classification at multiple security
levels

9. MAGTF EW
USMC F-35
• 420 aircraft
• 353 Bs
• 67 Cs
• 20 front line
squadrons
• 50 year jet at the
beginning of its life
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10. MAGTF EW
MUX UAS
• Sea base-able
• Multi-sensor
• EW
• C4 bridge
• AAW
• OAS
• Resupply
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11. MAGTF EW
The Reason Why…
“The true role of infantry was not to extend itself upon
heroic physical effort, not to whither away under
merciless machine gun fire, not to impale itself upon
hostile bayonets, but on the contrary, to advance under
the maximum possible array of mechanical resources,
in the form of guns, …tanks, mortars and aircraft; to
advance with as little impediment as possible; to be
relieved as far as possible of the obligation to fight their
way forward.”
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