The new version of Joint Publication 3-14 explains that “offensive and defensive space operations” are supported primarily by “direct capabilities” — that is, “fires that impact an adversary.”
By Theresa HitchensSpace Doctrine Publication 3.0, crafted by STARCOM, provides baseline definitions for offensive, defensive, and “mobility and logistics” ops.
By Theresa HitchensGlobal Information Dominance Experiments V through VIII seek to jolt ponderous Pentagon processes into the age of AI, big data, and the cloud, hoping to inform a future meta-network called Joint All Domain Command and Control.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.“The services today are working more what I call ‘service all domain command and control’ — and don’t blame me for the acronym, it sounds like SADC2,” said Scott Stapp, CTO of Northrop Grumman Corp.
By Theresa HitchensThe JROC has tagged the Space Force “officially and formally as the integrator for all joint space requirements,” says vice chief Gen. DT Thompson.
By Theresa HitchensThe JROC now will issue “strategic directives” to the services prescribing how they craft buying plans to substantiate the emerging Joint Warfighting Concept, Brig. Gen. Rob Parker, Joint Staff J6 deputy director, says.
By Theresa HitchensPending the Deputy Secretary’s approval, the Joint All Domain Command & Control strategy could receive Secretary Austin’s okay within “weeks,” said Brig. Gen. Rob Parker.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.The first real-world effort “to stress test our ideas” for implementing JADC2 is coming up within the next two to three months, J6 Director Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall says.
By Theresa HitchensCombatant commanders, have been clamoring for real-world access fast to new software tools.
By Theresa HitchensMilitary operators will be able (at least virtually) to ill be able to (at least virtually) “sit side-by-side, elbow-to-elbow with the SDA test team” as the various satellite “layers” are put through their paces.
By Theresa HitchensEach service has unique problems to solve and billions invested in legacy systems. “I just can’t throw away everything we own — nor can the Air Force — and start over,” Gen. Mike Murray, head of Army Futures Command, says. “How does the Air Force architecture integrate with the Army architecture, with the Navy architecture?”
By Theresa HitchensINDOPACOM’s Brig. Gen. Jacqueline Brown said “policy is a significant concern…If we build a network, if we build these systems but they’re not releasable to our mission partners, we’re going to lose.”
By Paul McLeary“This is a change in the way that the JROC has historically worked,” Stuart Whitehead, J6 deputy director for cyber and C4 integration says. “In order for JADC2 to work, requirements — particularly at the enterprise level — have to be understood and documented in a way that so that we can describe our requirements to our acquisition counterparts in a more specific way than maybe what we had done previously.”
By Theresa Hitchens