History teaches us that any military technological edge is transitory, there are many countries either (potentially) hostile or neutral with military/economic links to the former churning out STEM graduates some of whom will be working to produce the EW and AD solutions to counteract UAVs big, medium and small. Also (especially) small attritable UAVs ae going to be lost and some will end up subject to reverse engineering.
Interesting trio of articles including the statement of the blindingly obvious 'the threat is going to continually change'
Given the Army’s need for flexibility and readiness, backed by a philosophy known as multidomain operations, Kitz* does not expect to buy massive quantities of rigid gear. Instead, the executive officer thinks small batches of upgradeable, alterable kit will be the correct choice.
“I don’t think we’re going to ever be in a situation where we’re going to buy thousands of ALEs,” he said, “because the threat is going to continually change.”
A prime example is in Ukraine, where even “six months ago, the environment looked very different than it looks now,” Kitz said. Both cyberwarfare and electronic warfare have played roles in the bloody Russia-Ukraine conflict, leaving government websites paralyzed, command-and-control methods jeopardized, and GPS signals jammed.
*Mark C Kitz the Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (IEW&S)
https://www.c4isrnet.com/electronic-...ronic-warfare/
https://www.c4isrnet.com/electronic-...uture-threats/
https://www.c4isrnet.com/electronic-warfare/2022/08/25/army-demos-aerial-jammer-amid-push-to-catch-up-in-electronic-warfare/