The Investor
17 Sep 2026, 16:18
L3Harris Expands Modular Electronic Warfare Architecture With AI-Enabled DiSCO
L3Harris is advancing a new modular electronic warfare architecture designed to connect distributed sensors, effectors and platforms across air, ground, maritime and unmanned systems.
The company said its approach moves away from traditional single-function, platform-specific electronic warfare systems toward software-defined, multifunctional systems built on commercial off-the-shelf hardware and open architecture. Capabilities can be updated, swapped or reconfigured in the field, allowing the same system to support defensive operations, offensive missions or intelligence collection.
At the center of the architecture is L3Harris’ Distributed Spectrum Collaboration Operations, or DiSCO, an electromagnetic battle management system developed with cloud providers. DiSCO combines battlefield sensors, data links and communications into a single network and uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to reduce the time required to identify unknown signals from months to minutes.
The company is also deploying its Deceptor electronic warfare payload on unmanned platforms and air-launched effects, extending non-kinetic capabilities to smaller and potentially expendable systems.
The broader strategy reflects growing demand for electronic warfare systems that can be updated quickly, operate across multiple domains and avoid dependence on a single vendor or platform.
L3Harris is advancing a new modular electronic warfare architecture designed to connect distributed sensors, effectors and platforms across air, ground, maritime and unmanned systems.
The company said its approach moves away from traditional single-function, platform-specific electronic warfare systems toward software-defined, multifunctional systems built on commercial off-the-shelf hardware and open architecture. Capabilities can be updated, swapped or reconfigured in the field, allowing the same system to support defensive operations, offensive missions or intelligence collection.
At the center of the architecture is L3Harris’ Distributed Spectrum Collaboration Operations, or DiSCO, an electromagnetic battle management system developed with cloud providers. DiSCO combines battlefield sensors, data links and communications into a single network and uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to reduce the time required to identify unknown signals from months to minutes.
The company is also deploying its Deceptor electronic warfare payload on unmanned platforms and air-launched effects, extending non-kinetic capabilities to smaller and potentially expendable systems.
The broader strategy reflects growing demand for electronic warfare systems that can be updated quickly, operate across multiple domains and avoid dependence on a single vendor or platform.
