The Pentagon’s advanced research hub says it has built the world’s largest, most realistic electronic warfare test capability and plans to install it at a Navy lab later this year.

The Defense Advanced Research Agency has been developing its Digital Radio Frequency Battlespace Emulator, or DRBE, since 2019 with the goal of helping improve the Defense Department’s ability to test new electronic warfare capabilities or provide realistic EW effects like radar jamming and spoofing.

The system uses a real-time high-performance computing architecture to reduce latency and provide more realistic RF simulation, according to program manager Anna Tauke-Pedretti.

In an interview with Defense News, Tauke-Pedretti said DRBE provides an option for DOD testers that lets them better tailor test event

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