major general (retired) goldfein presentation to williams foundation seminar on air-land integration
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Cross Domain Decision
SuperiorityWilliams Foundation Seminar
17 March 2016
Maj Gen Stephen Goldfein (USAF, ret.)
Sector Vice President
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems
New Thinking on Air-Land
Canberra, Australia
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• Find, Fix, Track, Target, Engage, & Assess
– Within a network of decision nodes
• Achieve Complementary and Synergistic Full-spectrum Effects
– Within a contested, operationally limited or degraded environment
• Deploy Three Critical Enablers
1. Resilient networks for connectivity
2. Gateways for interoperability
3. Next generation training for readiness
Cross-Domain Decision Superiority
The Ability to Command is Enabled By the Mechanism to Control
Decision Making Tools In the Hands of the Networked User
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Resilient Networks for Connectivity“Harness the combat potential of a fully integrated force” RAAF Jericho Vision
Guiding Principles
• Every terminal networked
• Sensors and data links
─ Open architecture
─ Common control interfaces
• Data
─ Discoverable and accessible
─ Delivery mechanism
transparent
• Interoperable
─ Disparate and autonomous
Users
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Data Information Knowledge Decisions
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Gateways for Interoperability
Right Information Right Warfighter Right Time
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Next Generation Training for Readiness
Train Today to Fight Tonight
Readiness Requires Live, Virtual, Constructive (LVC)
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• Aerial Layer Network
– Leverage investments
– Create interoperability
• Gateway - 5th to 4th
– Royal Australian Air Force F-35s fused Multi-Function Advanced Data Link
(Targeting and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) data
• Next Generation Training Through LVC
– Training in a shared battlespace with distributed command and control
– Networked forces more effective; Joint Force integration
Cross-Domain Decision Superiority
Closing Thoughts
Changing the Decision Hierarchical Paradigm
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Questions?
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