Workers as defense related factories wind down production. It is to allocate an additional 10 million to the office of economic adjustment from the general operations and Maintenance Fund. The office of economic adjustment helps communities across america when a factory shuts down. Over the last decade of war, middleclass factory workers have stepped up to the plate to make sure our troops on the battlefield have the weapons and equipment they needed as we transition away from two long wars and as defense production lines slow down, we cannot leave these workers with only a pink slip in their hands. Thats where the office of economic adjustment comes in. This little known but very Important Office in the pentagon helps communities that would otherwise be devastated when a factory shuts its doors for the last time. The office of economic adjustment provides grants and Technical Assistance to communities so they can develop their own strategies to transition to a postwar economy. Just th
Prepare for future conflict and russia, china, and other nation states improve their ew capabilities. U. S. Forces depend on vast networks for intelligence, strikes, navigation and logistics, and leaders realize that any smart enemy will attack these systems in any conflict to handicap american forces. Among the changes to bert protect forces has been to merge cyber and ew operations which are intimately intertwined. Joining us are the four men who head the ew efforts for their respective services. Colonel jim ekvall, chief of war far division. Captain greg smith, director of the navys threet Electronic Warfare, colonel jim hook pryor, chief of air force Electronic Warfare, and Lieutenant Colonel jason dizzy schuette, head of the warfare branch. Guys, welcome. Thank you. Colonel he can value, let me start with you but i want to kind of go around the table to get everybodys quick update on ew threats are that your services are facing and what you are doing them to prepare for the future
It takes a layered defense plan to be survivable, which means jammers to disable, deceive, and disrupt, along with onboard self-protect and off-board decoys.
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