Army cancels contract for Electronic Warfare Planning and Management Tool

The Army has canceled the Electronic Warfare Planning and Management Tool (EWPMT) task order due to "evolving requirements and a strategic realignment within the program," the service announced today. The task order was under the RS3 Enterprise contract.

EWPMT is a tool for commanders to plan, control and manage the electromagnetic spectrum, and was identified by the Army as one of 28 key modernization efforts in 2021, Inside Defense reported at the time.

The realignment, according to the Army, will involve the fielding of current EWPMT capability as well as software architecture modernization. The Army and Marine Corps are collaborating on a pilot to shift EWPMT’s “electromagnetic warfare and spectrum management capabilities” to the Tactical Assault Kit framework, used for “presenting situational awareness data” and creating visualizations. Using this framework will help deliver capability to the joint force, the Army stated today.

The use of the Tactical Assault Kit framework will ensure “microservice-based, modular software architecture,” which will satisfy Army and joint force requirements, as well as ensure agile development and integration, according to the service.

For fiscal year 2025, the Army has requested about $2 million for the EWPMT program, which would be used for the “transition and integration” of Navigation Warfare Situational Awareness software, according to service budget documents.