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Electronic Warfare

Effector Technology

Electronic warfare denies, degrades, or deceives an adversary's use of the electromagnetic spectrum — jamming, spoofing, and spectrum control.

OVERVIEW

Electronic warfare (EW) is the coordinated use of the electromagnetic spectrum for military advantage: denying an adversary's radar and communications (electronic attack), protecting friendly systems from adversary EW (electronic protection), and detecting adversary activity (electronic support). Modern EW increasingly overlaps with cyber operations as software-defined radios blur the line between waveform manipulation and network intrusion. Counter-UAS soft-kill solutions rely on EW to disrupt drone control links or GPS. The industrial base spans L3Harris, Northrop, RTX (Rafael IL), Leonardo DRS, and a long tail of specialists including Epirus, Anduril's EW subsidiaries, and CACI.

AT A GLANCE
Category
Effector
Maturity
Operational
Missions
4
Programs
2
Domains: Air · Land · Sea · Space · Cyber
Functions: Denial · Deception · Protection
Last reviewed 2026-07-23
ORGANIZATIONS USING THIS TECHNOLOGY
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REFERENCES
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Last reviewed 2026-07-23
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