Article Archive
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2026
January
- Ukraine’s Jan. 13 Drone Defense: How EW Forced Down 240 Targets and What Civilian Tech Must Learn
- Day 1: Terma’s EW Push at the 2026 CAF Weapons and Tactics Conference — ALQ-213, SAS CMDS, and C‑UAS Integration
- Ukraine's EW Mastery: Jamming 240 Russian Drones in the Latest Massive Air Assault — Lessons for Counter-Drone Hobbyists
- Quasar Update and the Mass-Produced Jammer Wave: How Ukrainian EW Is Recalibrating the Fight Against Shaheds
- Iran's Mobile Jamming Units Target Starlink During Tehran Protests: EW Tactics, Civilian Impacts, and Spectrum Denial Lessons
- 55th Anniversary of EA-6B Prowler Deployment: How Early Electronic Attack Shaped Today's Spectrum Warfare Against UAV Swarms
- 2025 EW Retrospective: Drones, Jamming, and Spectrum Shifts
- Policy Brief: Key FCC Actions That Matter to EW and UAS Operators
- Review: BAE Counter Threats 2026
- EW Resolutions for Engineers
2025
December
- Decoding the Ukrainian New Year EW Video: what the clip actually shows and why it matters
- Holiday 2025: Electronic Warfare Gift Guide (Practical picks for hobbyists and field engineers)
- Year-End Predictions 2026: What Electronic Warfare Professionals Should Expect
- Opinion: Reflector EW Forecast
- Tutorial: Final EW Basics 2025
- Dismounted Spectrum Warfare: Tactics, Tradeoffs, and the Rise of the Manpack EW
- Sizing the U.S. Electronic Warfare Market in 2025: What the Numbers Really Mean
- Policy: Wireless December 2025
- Review: AI Killer Drones Arsenal
November
- How Drones Are Rewriting the Rules of War: A Tactical Breakdown
- Anti-Drone Jamming Systems: Practical Tradeoffs, Modes, and Operational Guidance
- Jamming GPS and Cellular: How It’s Done, What Breaks, and How to Defend
- Spectrum Policy Future: What EW Practitioners Need to Know and Prepare For
- Opinion: 2025 Drone Defense Proof
- Tutorial: Protective Nets vs Drones
- Review: Tempest in Combat
- Army Key EW Capabilities to Watch by 2026
October
- Community: Rapid Prototyping — A Practical Playbook for EW Builders
- Hypersonic EW Update: Practical Steps, Limits, and Where Investment Is Buying Payoff
- Electronic Warfare and One-Way Drones: How EW Shapes the Loitering-Munition Threat
- Policy: MWC 2025 Recap — Spectrum, Security, and What It Means for Practitioners
- A 2025 Lens on Electronic Warfare History: From Chaff to Counter-Drone Arms Races
- Civilian DIY Drone Detection: Practical Sensors, Recipes, and Legal Boundaries
- Review: UK Drone Deal — Tactical and EW Implications
- Tutorial: Falcon Peak C‑UAS — What to Expect, How It’s Run, and Practical Lessons for Practitioners
- STEADFAST DUEL 2025: A Tactical Preview for Electronic Warfare Practitioners
September
- Q3 EW Highlights: Battlefield Acceleration, DSEI Signals, and the Counter-Jam Arms Race
- Opinion: The EW Decade Review — 2015 to 2025
- Advanced Jamming Revamp: Technical Foundations and Tactical Implications
- Krasukha-4: Capabilities, Observations, and Tactical Considerations
- Iranian EW Updates: What Operators Need to Know
- Translating Internet Society Policy for Electronic Warfare Practitioners
- Review: Oesía 'Silent Battlefield' — Photonics as the Next Wave in Tactical EW
- Yudh Abhyas 2025: Early Tactical and EW Observations from Alaska
- Labor Day: The Electronic Warfare Workforce We Need
August
- Spectrum Needs Panels: What They Are, Why They Matter to EW Practitioners, and How to Engage
- Tutorial: Cyber-EW Integration — Practical CEMA for Engineers and Operators
- What the Army Is Actually Fielding in Electronic Warfare Right Now
- Drone Warfare Evolution: From Recon Toys to Distributed Combat Systems
- Thor's Hammer 2025? — What Happened and what to expect next
- Exercise: Multi-Domain EW — A Practical Design and Runbook
- Review: Next-Gen RF/MW Hardware — what matters for EW and field work
- How ACC Executes Electronic Warfare Missions: Organization, Platforms, and Tactical Integration
July
- Community Innovations in Electronic Warfare and Spectrum Sensing
- PEO IEW&S Dismounted Systems: TLS Manpack, DAPS, and the Tactical Implications
- Opinion: What BAE's '2026' Push Means for EW and the Spectrum Fight
- EW Market Forecast 2034
- Digital Regulation Meets Spectrum: Practical Policy for an Automated RF Future
- Tutorial: Swarm Countermeasures — a practical, layered approach
- Review: Dedrone Airspace Defense — Practical appraisal of DedroneTracker, sensors, and mitigation options
- Army Jammer Seeks 2026
- Historical: The Evolution of Beam Jamming — From Battle of the Beams to Cross‑Eye and Beyond
- Mid‑Year EW Review: H1 2025 - Fiber‑Optic Drones, AI in the Loop, and the GNSS Squeeze
June
- Legal primer: FAA GPS advisories, NOTAMs, SAFOs and what pilots and operators actually must do
- Advanced: Quantum EW — Practical Reality, Limits, and Tactical Implications
- Spectrum Management Apps: Practical Tools and Where They Fit in 2025
- Drone Jammers Expo 2025: a tactical read on the mid‑year counter‑UAS market
- Counterspace Capabilities Analysis: Trends, Tools, and Tactical Implications
- Review: Hypersonic EW Counters — Where Electromagnetic Defense Meets Mach 5+
- Tutorial: SEAD EW Protocols
- Global Counterspace Report 2025: Strategic Trends, Technical Realities, and What Comes Next
May
- Opinion: 2026 Electronic Warfare Predictions
- L3Harris Trench EW: ICN, CORVUS-RAVEN and DiSCO — What the Public Record Shows
- Community EW Test Sites: Practical Options, Legal Boundaries, and How to Get Started
- Digital Battlefield Tactics: Practical CEMA for Spectrum-Contested Operations
- Jamming vs AI Drones in Ukraine: Who Wins the Last Mile?
- Reading the Room: Key Takeaways from NSMA’s State of the Spectrum and What EW Teams Need to Do Next
- ICAO and EW Exercises: Practical Policy Steps to Keep Civil Aviation Safe
- Review: Autonomous EW Systems
- Why the EW Market Is Headed Toward Roughly $36 Billion by 2032 — What the Numbers Mean for Engineers and Operators
April
- Yudh Abhyas 2025: What the Electronic Warfare Playbook Will Look Like
- Tutorial: Practical AI/ML Techniques for Electronic Warfare
- New EW Squadron Plans: What the 23d Reactivation Says About USAF Spectrum Strategy
- Opinion: The EU Radar Jammers Rush — Necessary, Messy, and Not Yet Mature
- Electromagnetic Battles: Electronic Warfare in the Korean War
- Drone Incursions Spike in Early 2025: What EW Practitioners Need to Know
- Review: Battle Management EW
- Spectrum Blitz 25 — Full Report and Tactical Assessment
- April Fools: Mythical EW Weapons?
March
- What the Congressional Spectrum Push Means for Auctions and Electronic Warfare
- Assessing Claims That Iran Acquired Russia's Krasukha: Open-Source Reality and Tactical Implications
- Tutorial: GPS Interruption Notices — What they are, how to read them, and what to do
- Advanced EW: Directed Energy — Practical Reality, Limits, and Tactical Employment
- AUKUS Challenge Impacts: What Electronic Warfare Practitioners Need to Know
- STEADFAST DUEL 2025 Preview: What EW Practitioners Should Watch For
- Review: Lightweight Ground EW — practical options for expeditionary teams
- Practical Guide to the FCC Designated Entity Rules for Spectrum Auctions
February
- Opinion: What I Want From a Counterspace 2025 Report
- Trench EW Comes of Age
- What the AUKUS EW Prize Winners Tell Us About the Next Wave of Spectrum Warfare
- Tutorial: Drone SIGINT — Practical, Legal, and Tactical Fundamentals
- Spectrum Policy Briefs: What EW Practitioners Need to Know Now
- Jamming Techniques Update
- Review: Sheshnaag-150 Swarm — a tactical read for EW practitioners (pre-release assessment)
- Inside the Army's EW Architecture Prototype: TLS, EWPMT-X, and the Move to a Modular EW Stack
January
- Community: Swarm Drone Threats — What Local Groups Need to Know and Do
- Quick clarification needed: which 'Tempest' do you mean?
- Opinion: Where the U.S. Electronic Warfare Systems Market Is Headed
- Window and the Art of Radar Deception: How WWII Shaped Electronic Warfare
- What to Expect at the NTIA 2025 Spectrum Policy Symposium: A Tactical Brief for EW Practitioners
- Tutorial: Enhanced Receivers Setup
- Why the Drone-Defense Market Blew Up in 2024 and What Operators Need to Know
- Review: Modular APNT Systems — practical tradeoffs and field realities
- Electronic Warfare Predictions for 2025: Tactical and Technical Forecast
2024
December
- Legal Holiday Guide: Safe EW Gifts
- Year-End: EW Milestones 2024
- Tutorial: Building an Electronic Warfare Simulation Stack — From Signals to Mission Effects
- Special Operators Drone Ranges: Realistic Expectations and How to Extend Them
- Spectrum Blitz 25: 25 Field-Ready Lessons for EW Teams and Planners
- Review: Gallium Nitride Amplifiers for Electronic Warfare
- Opinion: How AI Is Rewriting the Playbook for Electronic Warfare
- Preparing for Airborne Jammer RFPs in 2026: What industry and program managers should expect
November
- Community EW Tool Wishlist 2025 — Practical priorities for hobbyists and labs
- Ukraine’s Rapid Adoption of Jamming and Counter-EW Tools: Tactical Trends and Practical Limits
- Desert Storm and the Birth of Modern SEAD: Electronic Warfare in Gulf War I
- What Falcon Peak 2024 Told Us About Counter‑UAS at Home
- Policy: MWC 2024 Spectrum Recaps
- Tutorial: Low-Power EW for Portables
- Review: European Drone Radar Jammers
- What the U.S. Army Will Actually Field for Ground EW by 2026: Realistic Expectations and Operational Gaps
October
- Halloween Special: Ghost Signals in EW
- Signal Processing: Practical ML for RF Threat Identification
- Opinion: Why the Electronic Warfare Market Boom Is Real — and Why Buyers Should Be Cautious
- Legal Foundations for U.S. Special Operations Electronic Warfare Test Ranges
- FCC Wireless Updates — What EW Practitioners Need to Know (October 2024)
- Tutorial: Quantum-Resistant EW Comms
- Review: V2X Tempest Counter-Drone
- Drone Swarm Jamming Strategies: Practical EW Options and Tradeoffs
- Spectrum Policy Symposium: Tactical Prep for Practitioners and Panelists
- Exercise Recap: Valiant Shield EW Ops
September
- Opinion: Hobbyists Driving EW Innovation
- New Standards: Operating Electronic Warfare in Contested EMS
- Historical EW Case Study: Kosovo — Stealth vs. Serb Radar
- Ukraine's AI Drones vs Russian EW: Tactical Reality and How the Cat-and-Mouse Is Evolving
- Stealth Detection for Hobbyists: A Practical Guide to Passive Radar
- Review: Russian Electronic Warfare Exports to Iran — What the Open Sources Show
- Tutorial: RF Direction Finding with Software
- Policy Brief: What the AUKUS Electronic Warfare Challenge Launch Means for Industry, Allies, and Spectrum Governance
August
- Community Contribution: Open-Source Jammer Designs
- Advanced Jamming: DRFM Techniques Explained
- EW and 5G: Coexistence Challenges and Tactical Realities
- Spectrum Warfare: Dismounted Systems Review
- Opinion: Are Civilian Drone-Jamming Rules Starting to Loosen?
- NATO EW Tech: Thor's Hammer Highlights
- Review: L3Harris Trench EW Systems
- Army EW Prototype Deliveries: 2025 Outlook
- Tutorial: AI-Assisted Spectrum Classification
July
- Drone Incursions: US Base Reports and Practical Countermeasures
- How Electronic Warfare Shaped the Falklands Campaign: Tactical Gaps, Hard Lessons, and the Road to Victory
- Modular EW Architectures: Future Trends
- FCC Updates: Transmitter/Receiver Spectrum Principles — What EW Practitioners Need to Know
- Signal Intelligence Basics for Drone Ops
- Yudh Abhyas 2024: What Indo‑US Electronic Warfare Integration Will Look Like
- Review: New Portable EW Kits from 2024
- Opinion: Closing the Electronic Warfare Education Gap for Engineers
- Tutorial: GPS Spoofing Detection with Low-Cost Gear
June
- Legal Guide: Export Controls on Electronic Warfare Hardware
- Airborne Jamming Systems: The Army's Next-Gen Plans
- Community Best Practices for EW Field Testing
- Counterspace Capabilities: Electronic Warfare vs Satellites — a Tactical Breakdown
- Spectrum Policy at the Crossroads: 6G Allocations and Electronic Warfare Conflicts
- Review: BladeRF for High-Bandwidth EW
- Tutorial: MATLAB Alternatives for EW Signal Simulation
- Drone Radar Innovations: Is Phased Array Moving into Civilian Hands?
May
- Historical EW Milestones: Vietnam Era Wild Weasel
- Opinion: The Case for Open-Source Electronic Warfare Tools
- Ukraine Frontline EW: Latest Jamming Innovations
- EW for Hobbyists: Safe Indoor Jamming Experiments (What to Do Instead)
- Policy Update: EU Spectrum Reforms and What They Mean for Electronic Warfare Practitioners
- Thor's Hammer 2024: What NATO EW Compatibility Tests Aim to Achieve
- Review: Commercial Counter-UAS Systems for Security Pros
- Advanced Tutorial: Beamforming in Software-Defined Electronic Warfare
- Civilian Impacts: When Military Spectrum Tests Knock Out Wi‑Fi — What Happened and What You Can Do
April
- Opinion: Drones Are Reordering Global Electronic Warfare Priorities
- Tutorial: Using Inspectrum for RF Signal Forensics
- Spectrum Blitz Exercises: Army's EW Training Evolution
- New Tools: GaN-Based Amplifiers for Portable Jammers
- Cold War Lessons: Soviet Approaches to Jamming and Protecting SAMs
- Review: USRP B210 for Professional-Grade EW Simulations
- Drone Jamming Legality: A State-by-State Guide for US Hobbyists
- Signal Processing Basics: FFT for EW Analysis
- Valiant Shield 2024 Preview: What to Watch in the Electromagnetic Fight
March
- Opinion: Balancing Innovation and Regulation in Spectrum Use
- Community Tutorial: DIY Directional Antennas for EW
- Counter-EW: Detecting and Mitigating Jammers
- Krasukha-4 Systems: How Russia Uses Heavy EW to Shape the Modern Battlefield
- Review: Portable Spectrum Analyzers Under $500
- FCC Spectrum Auction Results and Their Immediate Impact on EW Bands
- Tutorial: Python Scripts for Real-Time Spectrum Waterfalls
- Electronic Warfare and Unmanned Systems: Three Case Studies from Recent Conflicts
February
- Opinion: Civilian Access to Military-Grade SDR Tools
- Safe Experimentation Guide: Avoiding Illegal Transmissions
- Drone Swarm Threats: Spectrum Challenges Ahead
- Historical EW: Smart Weapons and Countermeasures in the Gulf War
- Review: LimeSDR for Flexible EW Research
- Jamming 101: Understanding Noise vs. Deceptive Techniques
- Policy Watch: What to Expect from NTIA's National Spectrum Strategy Implementation Plan
- Tutorial: ADS-B Decoding for Air Traffic EW Awareness
- Stealth Tech: How Low-Observable Materials Counter Radar
January
- Community Spotlight: Reader Contributions on Homebrew Antennas
- Ukraine Update: Evolving Jamming Against Russian Orlan Drones
- EW Fundamentals: Phase 1 – Electromagnetic Spectrum Basics
- Review: HackRF One for Advanced EW Prototyping
- Opinion: Spectrum Policy Reforms — Opportunity or Threat for Innovators?
- Countering FPV Drones: Why Low‑Cost RF Jamming Is a Bad Idea and What to Do Instead
- Black Skies 23-3 Exercise Recap: What the USSF’s Largest Space EW Drill Taught Us
- Tutorial: Building a Simple Spectrum Analyzer with a Raspberry Pi
- New Year EW Trends: The Rise of AI in Spectrum Analysis
2023
December
- Legal Boundaries for Hobbyists: FCC Rules on Jamming Devices
- Year-End Review: Top Electronic Warfare Innovations from 2023
- Drone Detection Tools: Comparing Commercial Radar Options
- Intro to GNU Radio for Signal Processing in EW Experiments
- Opinion: Military EW Spillover and What It Means for Civilian 5G Deployments
- Spectrum Management Basics: Understanding FCC Allocations for Civilians
- Review: Affordable Jamming Kits for Legal Drone Countermeasures Testing
- Historical Milestone: Electronic Warfare in the Yom Kippur War Revisited
- Ukraine’s Late‑2023 Drone War: What the Jamming Battles Taught Us