DEWM lands first Army DART deliveries and expands Air Force range use

Disruptive Electronic Warfare Machines has delivered three new DART systems, including its first to the U.S. Army, while expanding use across Air Force ranges in the U.S. and Europe. The moves widen access to low-cost threat emitters for training in helicopter, ground EW and 4th- and 5th-generation fighter scenarios.

Why it matters: - DEWM’s latest deliveries push DART beyond the fighter community and into Army training, broadening where the system is used and who trains with it. - The expansion matters for units that need realistic electronic warfare and air-defense threat replication without relying only on simulation. - The move also adds more affordable, mobile emitters to Air Force and Army ranges in the U.S. and Europe.

What happened: - DEWM completed three new deliveries of DARTs, including the company’s first deliveries to the U.S. Army. - The deliveries went to the Joint Forces Training Center at Camp Shelby, Mississippi; the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany; the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom; and the 266th Range Squadron at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho. - The JFTC and JMRC deliveries mark DART’s move beyond the fighter community.

The details: - JFTC and JMRC will use DART for helicopter aircrew training and to train soldiers on the Terrestrial Layer System Manpack, the Army’s dismounted electronic warfare system. - The Army training centers will give rotational units live emitters to detect and respond to in the field. - At RAF Lakenheath, the 48th Fighter Wing expanded its DART inventory to seven systems across multiple variants. - The Lakenheath expansion supports F-35 training for the U.S. Air Force’s only F-35 wing in Europe. - The wing’s earlier DART integration set up the latest expansion. - At Mountain Home, the 266th Range Squadron received its first DARTs. - The Idaho Air National Guard unit controls and maintains threat emitter sites across the roughly 7,400-square-mile Mountain Home Range Complex. - Mountain Home will use the systems to support both 4th- and 5th-generation fighter training. - DEWM CEO David "TESLA" Coyle said the need for realistic, affordable threat replication runs across the joint force. - DART is an attritable surface-to-air threat emitter used on ranges around the world. - Each system deploys in under six minutes, operates remotely through LTE or Starlink, and fits in a single Pelican case. - Multiple units can be deployed at the same time to create a dense, unpredictable integrated air-defense system environment.

Between the lines: - The Army deliveries suggest DART is moving from a fighter-focused tool to a broader joint-force training platform. - The spread across Europe and multiple U.S. ranges points to demand for emitters that are easy to move, quick to set up and cheaper than traditional fixed systems. - DEWM is positioning DART around modern contested-airspace training, where mobile threats are harder to predict and defeat.

What's next: - More ranges and units may adopt DART as training requirements grow for F-35 operations, helicopter aircrew readiness and dismounted electronic warfare. - The company appears positioned to keep expanding within both Army and Air Force training networks if demand for relocatable emitters continues.

The bottom line: - DEWM’s Army debut and new Air Force deployments show DART gaining traction as a flexible, low-cost way to recreate real-world electronic warfare threats.