Transcript MAJOR HEADQUARTERS ACTIVITIES (MHA)

Headquarters U.S. Air Force
Integrity - Service - Excellence
Warfighting Integration
&
XMSF
Allen Murashige
HQ USAF/XIW
6 Sep 2002
DCS Warfighting Integration
(AF/XI) Mission
Close the seams between find, fix, track,
target, engage, and assess by
integration of manned, unmanned, and
space systems
The effect on the ‘target’ may be kinetic or non-kinetic
…from dropping bombs, to information operations , to
humanitarian relief. Achieving the desired effect is the key
Command and Control
Fused information’s Raison d’etre
Command and Control
Key Enabler
Information Superiority
Information Systems
Information
Command
Control
C2
Communications C3
Computers
C4
Intelligence ISR C4I
Reconnaissance
Surveillance
Relevant Information
Relevant
Information Operations
Information
C4ISR
Surveillance
Reconnaissance
Information Warfare
C2 Warfare
“War is primarily concerned with two sets of activities--the delivery of energy
and the communication of information.”
BG Norman Dixon
Price of Admission to Network Centric
Warfare is a Robust, Integrated C4ISR
Infostructure
Global Connectivity
Today
Limited
Future
Robust
USAF Needs a Dedicated Team of Information Professionals
to Develop, Manage, and Operate End-To-End the USAF
Portion of this Grid
Networked On-Demand Information
Supports The Warfighter
JTF HQ
Sensors - ISR
Ops Center
Knowledge Wall
Databases
Network Ready
Logistics
Secure
Robust
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HOSTLE
FRIEND
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Data Warehouses
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Air and Space
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AF/XI Organization
Warfighting Integration
DCS ($$$)
Warfighting Integration
(SES Deputy)
Resource Planning
Division (XIP)
Director ($$)
of
C4ISR Integration (XII)
Exec Support Division
AF/XIE
Director (SES)
of
C4ISR Architecture
and Assessment (XIW)
Director ($$)
of
C4ISR Infostructure (XIC)
Ops Integration Division
(XIII)
Architecture and
Technology Division (XIWA)
C4 Combat
Capabilities (XICC)
Integration Planning
Division (XIIX)
Alignment and
Assessment Division (XIWS)
C4ISR Combat
Connectivity (XICI)
Innovation
Division (XIIV)
Modeling and
Simulation Division (XIWM)
AFC2ISRC (FOA)--(MAJCOMs)
AF Agency for Modeling &
Simulation (FOA)
AF Communications Agency (FOA)
AF Frequency Mgt Agency (FOA)
AF/XI Focus Areas
• Develop C4ISR modernization roadmaps grounded in an architecture of
integrated operational, system and technical views
• Enable network centric operations through the provision of a robust comm
infostructure
• Enhance the integration of air and space ISR capabilities
• Foster innovation through experimentation, wargames, battle labs,
ACTDs, rapid acquisition
• Produce a modeling and simulation capability for C4ISR
• An AF-wide network shared for development, acquisition, training and
operations
• Improve interoperability, reuse, effectiveness and efficiency of AF-wide
modeling & simulation
M&S Desired Capabilities
• Large scale distributed heterogeneous simulations, flexible/easy to set up
• Interoperate simulations hosted on mixed platforms (Sun, Intel, etc) with
mixed operating systems (Windows, Unix, etc)
• Integrate/interoperate applications implemented in different computer
languages (Java, Fortran, C++, etc)
• Ensure network, data, and application security, including multi-level
security
• Produce valid, meaningful results using models with mixed fidelity
• Operate mixed batch and interactive runtime models in a simulation
• Integrate real world C4ISR systems with synthetic battlespace
• Maintain transparency, logical consistency and causality while integrating
heterogeneous simulations
Suggested XMSF Approach
• Development: Service’s funds & patience are very limited wrt M&S
• M&S initiatives are a very hard sell
•Don’t want another JSIMS situation
• AF has been pursuing concept similar to XMSF on a small scale
• Perfect task for DMSO (or DARPA?)
• No rebuilds: Integrate legacy M&S ‘as is’ without significant recoding
• Don’t want another ADA or HLA situation
• Should be non-proprietary, open-source--like Linux, not Windows
• At least free for government use
• Need some configuration management process
• XMSF could be a critical enabler for both M&S and C4ISR integration
• Achieve many of the previously stated desired capabilities
DoD Transformation
DOD Goal: Dominating Air, Sea
and Land Battlespace
C4ISR Integration one of
SECDEF’s Top 5 Priorities
SECAF and CSAF are committed
to transforming USAF and
achieving warfighting integration
“The development and deployment of a truly modern and effective command, control,
communication, and intelligence system is fundamental to the transformation of the
US military forces…."
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld