The U.S. military has increased investment in the field of electronic warfare in recent years, and has made significant progress in equipping conventional soldiers in particular. In September 2024, the U.S. Army signed a $1.5 million contract with Mastodon Design LLC, a subsidiary of CACI, to develop the "Ground Layered System Brigade Combat Team Manpack Electronic Attack System" (TLS-BCT). cell phone jammerThe system, which stems from an existing U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) program, allows the U.S. Army to significantly reduce the time it takes to equip conventional soldiers with this technology.GPS jammer This project marks a major breakthrough in the Army's electronic warfare capabilities and shows that they are rapidly improving the electronic warfare capabilities of infantry units through existing mature technologies.drone jammer

TLS-BCT: Off-the-shelf technology derived from special operations

　　The TLS-BCT system was originally designed to provide infantry units with a portable electronic jamming system that is not only small in size and light in weight, but also has powerful signal reconnaissance and jamming capabilities. GSM jammer Unlike traditional armored vehicle-mounted systems, the lightness of TLS-BCT enables infantry units to respond flexibly in complex combat environments. The system includes two Beast+ systems and one Kraken system. signal jammerBeast+ weighs only 20 pounds and can be disassembled into a handheld device for target reconnaissance or electronic attack by adding modules. The Kraken system is a more powerful variant with four times the signal processing capability of Beast+. It can be installed on a vehicle and used as a backpack when necessary.

　　Todd Probert, president of CACI National Security and Innovation Solutions, emphasized that the flexibility and adaptability of TLS-BCT makes it an ideal choice for infantry units to perform electronic warfare missions. He said: "This system not only has advantages in size and weight, but also uses software-defined radio technology to quickly adjust frequencies and waveforms according to different mission requirements to achieve customized signal jamming functions."

　　Behind the accelerated deployment: the application of off-the-shelf technology

　　A key reason why the US Army chose the TLS-BCT system is its maturity. The system originated from SOCOM's existing project and has been verified on the battlefield. Probert pointed out: "This is a system with a technical readiness level of 9 and is already in use. SOCOM personnel have used it on the battlefield in the real world and proved its reliability and effectiveness." The use of this off-the-shelf technology means that the US military does not need to redesign and test the system, which greatly shortens the deployment time.

　　At present, CACI has produced 1,200 similar systems and will continue to expand in the future according to the needs of the US military. Probert revealed: "Some signal processing functions specifically required by the Army are different from the SOCOM system, so we have made some customizations. But we expect that the Army will order more systems in the next few years as the project progresses."