US Military Uses L3Harris DiSCO EW Tech in Talisman Sabre 2025
During the Talisman Sabre 2025 military exercise with Australia, the US military used an L3Harris-made electronic warfare (EW) system to detect surface radars on a marine vessel.
The cloud-hosted Distributed Spectrum Collaboration and Operations (DiSCO) system accelerates decision-making and response by fusing information from battlefield sensors, communication links, and data methods into one connected EW network.
In the drills, it analyzed and coordinated operations based on information sent from a linked aircraft and two Seasats Lightfish autonomous vessels with compact electronic warfare payloads.
“DiSCO gave the Talisman Sabre forces exercise commander timely threat intelligence and actionable information that helped identify high-priority surface targets and seize the tactical advantage,” said Ed Zoiss, President of Space and Airborne Systems at L3Harris.
“This critical technology provided insight into real-world challenges culminating in DiSCO being lauded by numerous US and coalition service leaders,” he added.
Last year, the system was also demonstrated during the US-Indo-Pacific Command’s field training exercise, Valiant Shield 2024, which involved Japan, Canada, and France.
It performed another demonstration in December in Washington, DC, where it was integrated as a payload on a Seasats Lightfish autonomous surface vessel and gathered radio frequency data for analysis.
