The Air Force is planning to receive five EA-37B Compass Call electronic-warfare aircraft in 2025 as it moves forward with plans to retire its predecessor.
Laser and microwave weapons are considered critical elements of layered defense, or having different countermeasures ready to thwart different threats.
The move comes a little more than a week after the Defense Department rolled out its fiscal 2025 budget blueprint, which featured $14.5 billion for cyber.
Congress released the text of the $825 billion FY24 defense spending bill, which includes some Ukraine aid and funding for multiyear munitions contracts.
The compromise version of the fiscal 2024 defense spending bill would grow DIU’s funding to $983 million — up from the $191 million enacted the prior year.