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Command and Control, Space

Joint All-Domain Command and Control
and the Role for Space

Only the space domain can move information at the speed, size, and range required of an effective JADC2 architecture. If the United States hopes to prevail in a peer conflict, foundational space-based capabilities will be essential. The Department of Defense and the Space Force must prioritize a robust space transport layer, sensors, and space superiority to protect these capabilities.

Tim Ryan, Senior Resident Fellow for Spacepower Studies, Mitchell Institute, United States

Innovation, Interoperability

Innovation and Capability Development in a Multinational Context: The Costs and Benefits of Cooperation

Military capability development is a highly complex process, and when it happens in a multinational context, the complexities increase significantly. Militaries manage these complexities using several models, but each model presents trade-offs. The most relevant trade-off is between coordination and political costs on the one hand and economic and military benefits on the other.

Dr. Bence Nemeth, Senior Lecturer, Defense Studies Education, King’s College London, United Kingdom

Human-Machine Teaming, Interoperability

Mosaic Warfare: The March Towards Interconnectivity in US, UK and European Air Power

Information and data-sharing networks are shifting linear decision-making in warfighting to a web of actionable outcomes that can deny, deter, and defeat adversaries. The United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe are all attempting to create a dynamic and adaptive matrix of capabilities to enable real-time, actionable, and predictive analytics for decision-making and C2.

Anika Torruella, Senior Analyst, Janes, United States

Information Superiority

The Competition Continuum for Information Dominance: The Future of Information Warfare for the Joint Force

The Joint Force has experienced rapidly changing circumstances in the information warfare (IW) environment. The objective of achieving dominance poses new and complex challenges in an emerging environment of hyper-connectivity that spans the physical and virtual domains. IW must become embedded in all activities from the onset of planning—not ‘added on’ at the end or planned in isolation.

Dr. Edwin “Leigh” Armistead, Chief Editor, Journal of Information Warfare, United States

Information Superiority

Information Warfare and the Connected Battlefield

Information warfare has tended to refer to cognitive aspects, but emerging discussions focus on the ‘convergence’ of electronic warfare and cyberspace in what is known as cyber electromagnetic activities. A hyper-connected battlespace may increase the attack surface for information warfare across the physical, electromagnetic, cyberspace, and cognitive domains.

Dr. Brett van Niekerk, Senior Lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Space

The Emerging Spectrum of Threats to the Military Use of Space and Implications for Capability Planning

The space domain will increasingly provide the means for vital military communications and situational awareness at a global scale. With new threats on the horizon, militaries require ‘hardened’ space capability, better space situational awareness and space traffic management, and space systems that can be designed, developed and upgraded at speed.

Patrick Bolder, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.), Royal Netherlands Air Force, Subject Matter Expert, Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, Netherlands

Interoperability

Integration and Interoperability for Multi-Domain Operations in the Coalition Environment

Multi-domain operations promise new operational advantages and will reshape air combat, but also necessitate changes in approaches to joint and coalition operations. The challenges of interoperability are reframed however there are no readily available solutions to bridge differences when partner air forces each bring their own sets of capabilities, tools, and platforms to the fight.

Professor Olivier Zajec, Director, Institute of Strategic and Defense Studies, Jean Moulin University, France

Human-Machine Teaming, Information Superiority

Future Options for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Assisted Decision-Making in Air Warfare

AI has well-known problems in that it can be fooled, cannot transfer knowledge gained in one task to another, and is entirely reliant on data for its performance. Although AI will significantly change decision-making in air warfare, not all air forces will use the same technology in the same way – even in the narrow area of decision-making.

Dr. Peter Layton, Visiting Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Australia

AI, Command and Control

Developing a Concept of Operations for JADC2 with an Embedded Role for Artificial Intelligence

Reaching Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) goals will depend on identifying core command and control (C2) needs and establishing software development plans that are achievable. Investments in people and resources will be needed to move beyond today’s manpower intensive C2 and, as a realistic goal, improve current planning processes with automation and some AI and ML.

Sherrill Lingel, Senior Engineer, RAND Corporation, United States

AI, Human-Machine Teaming, Innovation

The Artificial Intelligence Wave and the Future of Air Power

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) for processing large amounts of data and making decisions have enhanced existing capabilities and made new ones possible. However, the future direction and character of AI in air power will depend on the strategic, organizational, and operational agility of air forces to define and shape the role of AI within their operational constructs.

Shift Paradigm.