“We need to integrate and exploit non-traditional commercial data,” said Space Force Delta 2 Commander Col. Mark Brock. “There has been a push against this to a certain extent within our own enterprise, and I’ve been pushing back on that. We need our commercial partners.”
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Brig. Gen. John Olson said that for JADC2 to work, “artificial intelligence and machine learning are absolutely essential enablers to make us able to react, and respond, and again, make sense of the information, then act upon it.”
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Both the HASC and SASC have added funds for purchase of commercial space observation capabilities to their draft 2022 defense policy bills.
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Gen. Jay Raymond, Space Force chief, stressed that the new digital vision applies not just to service acquisition, but to everything the newest military service does, with a bottom-line goal of speeding decision-making.
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“If there is an aircraft capable of launching an air-launched anti satellite weapon operating in the air domain, we need to know about it,” SPACECOM deputy Lt. Gen. John Shaw says.
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“As a new service, we have an opportunity here to really establish ourselves in a new way — leveraging digital technologies, and leveraging digital processes and practices in a new way,” says Maj. Gen. Kim Crider, Space Force acting chief technology innovation officer.
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“I think that the hardest part for the Space Force is the challenge of security, and how would we work with small business in enable technologies that you guys have,” Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt says.
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Effective UX makes it possible for warfighters to get strategic with AI
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“Data is key to space. It’s critical to all-domain operations; it’s a centerpiece to it all,” says Maj. Gen. Kim Crider.
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JADC2 is foundational to future hypersonic weapons, says Gen. Ray: “If you don’t have that, you just miss fast.”
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“The next one we’re doing is big. It’s big,” Air Force Chief of Staff David Goldfein said. It will span bases from Eglin AFB to Nellis AFB; Yuma Proving Ground to White Sands Missile Range. All the joint chiefs plan to be there.
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Now transferred from the Air Force to the nascent Space Force — whose acquisition responsibilities remain unclear — SMC says it can play a central role in future all-service Multi-Domain Operations.
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We offer an exclusive interview with the Air Force’s leading civilian and military officer for JADC2 development, Preston Dunlap and Brig. Gen. David “Kumo” Kumashiro.
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Senior Pentagon and service officials observed the last day of the ground-breaking ABMS exercise and the Air Force engaged Northern Command to create and manage the scenario.
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“This is a full-on disaster,” said one senior industry executive close to the effort. “It means no change from the status quo, which will ultimately harm US leadership in space.”
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