Defense One | July 11, 2024

The move follows two other pilot efforts with Naval Submarine Forces, said Vice Adm. Kelly Aeschbach, the service’s outgoing “I-boss.”

The Navy has been experimenting with embedding information warfare officers and sailors on submarines, starting with two pilot efforts off the East Coast. Later this year, it wants to expand the idea to the Pacific, said the service’s IW chief. 

“We have been piloting having a permanent integration of an IW officer—as well as IW sailors—on submarines,” Vice Adm. Kelly Aeschbach, leader of Naval Information Forces, told reporters Wednesday. 

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