Col. Jeffrey Church, chief of electronic warfare on the Armyâs Pentagon staff, told Breaking Defenseâs Sydney Freedberg Jr. the Army lacks funding for MFEW due to ongoing force downsizing and sequestration.
âRight, now MFEW is not a program,â he told the publication.
âWeâre on about the fifth rewrite of the MFEW [capabilities development document],â Church said, noting that the EW program will receive budget once the CDD is completed.
The EW system comprises sensors and jammers installed in unmanned aerial systems intended to help protect soldiers, according to the report.
MFEW is scheduled to achieve full operational capability in 2027, Freedberg reports.