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AI can make logistics data as valuable as intelligence or operational data for mission success

AI can make logistics data as valuable as intelligence or operational data for mission success
AI can make logistics data as valuable as intelligence or operational data for mission success

Valuable intelligence insights can be gleaned from logistics or flight-test data when artificial intelligence or machine learning is applied.

Sentinel ICBM program ‘struggling’ with ‘unknown unknowns’: Kendall

Sentinel ICBM program ‘struggling’ with ‘unknown unknowns’: Kendall
Sentinel ICBM program ‘struggling’ with ‘unknown unknowns’: Kendall

Kendall also expressed concern about the effects of a likely continuing resolution on key programs, including the Advanced Battle Management System and the Joint Advanced Tactical Missile.

Cloud-based C2 at top of Air Force’s priorities despite budget uncertainty: Official

Cloud-based C2 at top of Air Force’s priorities despite budget uncertainty: Official
Cloud-based C2 at top of Air Force’s priorities despite budget uncertainty: Official

“The current fielding plan should stay intact for CBC2 if we don’t get all the money that we need up front,” Brig. Gen. Luke Cropsey told reporters.

Air Force developing new architecture for JADC2 ‘kill chains,’ wants faster ABMS development

Air Force developing new architecture for JADC2 ‘kill chains,’ wants faster ABMS development
Air Force developing new architecture for JADC2 ‘kill chains,’ wants faster ABMS development

The first analysis of what that architecture would look like was delivered to Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall in June, Brig. Gen. Luke Cropsey said.

‘Network-centric’ security ‘killing us’ on JADC2 initiatives: USAF general

‘Network-centric’ security ‘killing us’ on JADC2 initiatives: USAF general
‘Network-centric’ security ‘killing us’ on JADC2 initiatives: USAF general

“Until I get to a good identity management system that’s coupled in with a good zero trust capability that allows me to start to get to network-agnostic data flows, our ability to integrate both across services and with partners is going to continue to be challenged,” Air Force Brig. Gen. Luke Cropsey, integrating program executive officer command, control, communications and battle management, said.

In new JADC2 overhaul, Air Force pushes all-encompassing ‘DAF Battle Network’

In new JADC2 overhaul, Air Force pushes all-encompassing ‘DAF Battle Network’
In new JADC2 overhaul, Air Force pushes all-encompassing ‘DAF Battle Network’

The Department of the Air Force Battle Network represents “the physical architecture, the product architecture, that’s needed” to realize JADC2 capabilities, Brig. Gen. Luke Cropsey, the integrating program executive officer for Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management, said in an interview with Breaking Defense.

Space Force wants $243M in FY24 to kickstart ‘Long Range Kill Chain’ to track targets from space

Space Force wants $243M in FY24 to kickstart ‘Long Range Kill Chain’ to track targets from space
Space Force wants $243M in FY24 to kickstart ‘Long Range Kill Chain’ to track targets from space

The Space Force is “working with the Air Force and the Intelligence Community (IC) in a complementary way to design, develop, and deploy space-based GMTI systems,” the service’s FY24 budget documents explain. 

Space acquisition office weighs mission priorities in case satellites go down

Space acquisition office weighs mission priorities in case satellites go down
Space acquisition office weighs mission priorities in case satellites go down

The Department of the Air Force aims to set up a new program office dedicated solely to “resiliency,” a key pillar of America’s space strategy.

F-22 to be left out of Air Force’s ABMS data transfer prototype: GAO

F-22 to be left out of Air Force’s ABMS data transfer prototype: GAO
F-22 to be left out of Air Force’s ABMS data transfer prototype: GAO

The Air Force also needs to define which initial capabilities it plans to deliver under another ABMS effort this year, the Government Accountability Office says in a new report.

Cloud contracts, the JADC2 mystery and Russian cyber attacks: 2022 in Review

Cloud contracts, the JADC2 mystery and Russian cyber attacks: 2022 in Review
Cloud contracts, the JADC2 mystery and Russian cyber attacks: 2022 in Review

In the network world, 2022 saw the return of the (non) JEDI, the bumpy road to JADC2 and real-world lessons from the cyber dimension of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

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Today’s defense environment demands integrated systems, and JADC2 is no different

Today’s defense environment demands integrated systems, and JADC2 is no different
Today’s defense environment demands integrated systems, and JADC2 is no different

The key is creating intelligent gateways that connect networks and the cloud across security domains and translate data so the joint services can speak the same language

DoD, military services ‘haven’t actually defined’ the JADC2 problem: Navy official

DoD, military services ‘haven’t actually defined’ the JADC2 problem: Navy official
DoD, military services ‘haven’t actually defined’ the JADC2 problem: Navy official

“So I don’t think we’re mature enough in the learning that we’re doing with our multiple exercises and [we have] yet to define the problem we want to solve,” said Vice Adm. Jeffrey Trussler, deputy chief of naval operations for information warfare.

Pentagon seeks more ‘jointness’ for JADC2 as OSD stands up new office

Pentagon seeks more ‘jointness’ for JADC2 as OSD stands up new office
Pentagon seeks more ‘jointness’ for JADC2 as OSD stands up new office

The new office will be led by Dave Tremper, director of electronic warfare in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.

For JADC2, Pentagon must guard innovation through cumbersome acquisition: Report

For JADC2, Pentagon must guard innovation through cumbersome acquisition: Report
For JADC2, Pentagon must guard innovation through cumbersome acquisition: Report

DoD “has had a long history of struggling to capture commercial innovations,” according to a brief from the Center for Strategic and International Studies.