"I think we have to be very honest about the trajectory and how long its going to take to get there and the level of investment, because it's going to cost quite a bit," said Deputy Director for Combat Support Brig. Gen. William Wilburn, Jr.
“What we need is the applications — not new computers, that takes longer to install on ships," said Rear Adm. Doug Small, commander of NAVWAR.
Midsized companies can offer flexibility and agility while keeping intellectual property in the hands of the government.
“If you don’t have that objective tension, then it becomes a little bit as we like to say in the Navy, a self-licking ice cream cone,” said Adm. Daryl Caudle, commander of US Fleet Forces.
“The ‘combined’ is to highlight that we’re going to start out with these capabilities by being interoperable from the beginning,” Lt. Gen. Mary O’Brien said today, adding another letter to the already murky acronym.
The new budget request seeks the second Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine and two Virginia-class boats, but lacks amphibs, a point sure to irk lawmakers.
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.
The Network Tactical Common Data Link system enables secure comms and ISR for carrier strike groups and their air and naval assets.
Northrop Grumman’s nearly century long commitment to shared success includes the Navy’s most storied aircraft, including the legendary “Cat” aircraft.
“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.
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.
DoD “has had a long history of struggling to capture commercial innovations,” according to a brief from the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
On today’s battlefield, mobility isn’t optional - it’s mission-critical.
"But I think it’s going to be the led by the new Chief [Digital] and AI Officer, Craig Martell, who comes to us from industry and has a very good technical background," Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said. "Hopefully he’ll be able to help pull it together. But there's a definite need to do that."
A joint JADC2-focused office, like the Joint Counter-small UAS office, could help ensure requirements are stacked and prioritized for the military services, Doug Bush, the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, said.
If the Army heeds industry's emphasis on protecting intellectual property than a dependence on proprietary technology will hamstring FVL’s ability to address evolving threats.
The Marine Corps has not published a new aviation plan since 2019.