Airforce – The Electromagnetic Defense Task Force Summit 2.0 kicked off April 29, at the Air University, bringing more than 300 military and civilian leaders from NATO and across the nation to look at threats and responses to challenges in the electromagnetic spectrum.
The second summit follows one held last August in Maryland, and includes several tabletop exercises centered around research questions developed with the Joint Chiefs of Staff that are designed to drive discussions about responding to an electromagnetic pulse.
“Since 1945, we’ve built Western civilization on the foundation of the electromagnetic spectrum and other great powers will look to leverage our reliance on that domain,” said Lt. Gen. Steven Kwast, Air Education and Training Command commander. “During this summit, we will be channeling ideas that have been out there, be clever about building resilience into our systems and look at how we respond and recover from malicious activity.”
This summit follows the Executive Order signed by President Donald Trump in March, directing the government to coordinate national resilience to electromagnetic pulses.
