I only just today blogged about the strange refit on US aircraft carriers, when I opened my email inbox today, I found two crucial articles sent by G.B., to whom we owe a big thank you. You'll want to listen to this News and Views from the Nefarium "update" version on the blog. Here's the articles. It's important to note the dates here: the first is from 2019, and the second from 2018:
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29626/shadowy-new-electronic-warfare-system-has-been-installed-on-u-s-navy-7th-fleet-ships
https://qz.com/1478054/the-us-navy-wants-electronic-warfare-equipment-that-goes-to-11/