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Seattle October 15, 2014 - Boeing delivered the 18th P-8A Poseidon aircraft to the U.S. Navy ahead of schedule October 14, where it joined other Poseidon aircraft being used to train Navy crews.

The P-8A departed Boeing Field in Seattle for Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla., and was Boeing’s fifth delivery this year.

“We’re proud to continue to deliver aircraft on cost and on schedule,” said Rick Heerdt, Boeing Mobility, Surveillance & Engagement vice president and program manager. “The Navy’s need for the P-8A resonates even more following Patrol Squadron 5’s recent operational deployment.”

Earlier this summer, the VP-5 ‘Mad Foxes’ replaced the VP-16 War Eagles squadron that completed 600 sorties and 3,500 flight hours while on deployment operating out of Kadena Air Base, Japan. The Mad Foxes are currently conducting operational missions internationally.

Based on the Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 commercial airplane, the P-8A provides the Navy anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities.

The Navy plans to purchase the versatile multi-mission aircraft to replace its P-3 Orion fleet. Boeing is currently under contract for 53 P-8As.

Boeing’s industry team includes CFM International, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Spirit AeroSystems, BAE Systems and GE Aviation.

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U.S. Army Cautious In Developing Future Fighting Vehicle

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John M Doyle
Wed, 2014-10-15 10:50
The U.S. Army is going to take a measured approach in developing the replacement for the canceled Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) program, the head of the Ground Combat Systems Program Executive Office said Oct. 14.

"Our number one task is to restore the ABCT (Armored Brigade Combat Team formation) to its relevancy and ability to fight with all of its platforms across the entire formation," Brig. Gen. David Bassett told a press briefing at the Association of the U.S. Army annual conference and industry trade show.

To that end, the Army is upgrading the 51-year-old Paladin family of self-propelled cannon systems and making incremental upgrades to the Bradley Fighting Vehicle and M1A2 Abrams main battle tank, Bassett said. Both the Paladin and Bradley are manufactured by BAE Systems. Development of a Future Fighting Vehicle (FFV) to replace the GCV program will move at a deliberate pace as the Army studies what capabilities it wants and what technologies are available and affordable, Bassett said.

He noted that the GCV program was executing on budget and on schedule when it was terminated earlier this year, a casualty of across-the-board congressional budget cuts. Earlier in the day, Heidi Shyu, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, said the decision to cut the GCV was necessary to achieve spending reductions imposed by sequestration. A decision was made "to invest in critical enabling technology that can help us develop the next GCV with significantly greater capabilities," she said. Sequestration forced a 33% cut in the Army’s research, development and acquisition account, Shyu added.

Going forward, Bassett said, Army planners and acquisition personnel need to have a discussion "about where will technology bring us" before committing to future design of an FFV.

Bassett told reporters that if they came to hear a description of the FFV, or whether it would carry a nine-solder squad as the GCV was designed to do, or have some new lightweight armor technology, "I apologize, you’re not going to get any breaking news on that front." He added that the Army wanted time to develop the technology and concepts before it starts another program.

Col. James Schirmer, the Bradley Fighting Vehicle project manager, said there were two upgrade variants. Engineering Change Proposal 1 would restore space inside the vehicle, increase power and reduce weight. ECP 2 would focus on restoring automotive power to the Bradleys, which have grown heavier and slower over the years, with a new engine and transmission and better intra-crew communications.

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AUSA 2014: Army outlines upcoming combat vehicle choices

Daniel Wasserbly, Washington, DC - IHS Jane's International Defence Review
14 October 2014

A US Army M1A2 MBT is shown here during operations in Iraq. General Dynamics Land Systems is in the process of finalising ECP1A upgrades. Source: US Army
US Army planners will use the next several years to consider its next major vehicle investment - perhaps for infantry or Stryker units - and whether to proceed with a future combat vehicle.

With the cancellation of the ground combat vehicle (GCV) for budget reasons, the army had to choose whether to replace the Bradley infantry fighting vehicle across Armored Brigade Combat Teams (ABCTs) formations with the GCV, or to bolster the overall ABCT. It determined in drawing up its five-year defence budget plan that the best move was the latter: to spread funding across the entire formation.

"Our number one task is to restore the ABCT", because the M113-series armoured personnel carrier is not used in combat anymore and M109 Paladin self-propelled howitzers are ageing badly, said Brigadier General David Bassett, the army's program executive officer for ground combat systems.

An ABCT's primary platforms include the M1 Abrams main battle tank, the Bradley, M113s, the Paladin (the new Paladin Integrated Management [PIM] variant was cleared for low-rate initial production in October 2013), the M1200 Armored Knight armoured security vehicle, and the M88 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift and Evacuation System (Hercules) vehicles.

To improve the ABCT's capability, the army now plans to field the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) as a replacement for the M113, and then do incremental upgrades through engineering change proposals (ECPs) to Abrams and Bradley so that those legacy vehicles can use the latest optics, munitions, and more.

Sometime around fiscal year 2019 (FY 2019) there will be a range of options for future investments, Brig Gen Bassett told reporters at the annual Association of the United States Army (AUSA) conference.

For example, the army is examining if it should improve its Infantry Brigade Combat Teams through additional mobility, firepower, and protection with perhaps a light tank, or if it should give Stryker formations increased lethality with maybe a 30-mm cannon or a remote weapon station armed with Javelin missiles. The army could also start a new infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) development programme to replace the Bradley, which the former GCV was meant to do.

The time frame for such a decision is rather open, as the current plan runs through FY 2019.

"Sooner is better, but I don't know if there really is a too-late point", for deciding what path to take, Colonel James Schirmer, project manager for armoured fighting vehicles, said during the same briefing. He added, however, that FY 2016 is the first decision point when the army would either conduct a third ECP for Bradley or restart a separate IFV programme.

Either way, as part of the current plan the first ECP for Bradley is designed to restore SWAP (space, weight, and power) as well as add a new suspension and lighter track to increase ground clearance, and thereby survivability against underbelly blasts.

Bradley's second ECP is to then restore automotive power with a larger engine and a new transmission, as well as new electrical systems and means of passing data through the turret's slip ring.

After that work is complete, the army would then likely have to decide upon developing a new 'future fighting vehicle' as "a clean-sheet new build vehicle that would replace the Bradley", or it is also "possible that it could be something like the Bradley or the Bradley on steroids", Col Schirmer said.

Programme officials enjoy the commonality between the Bradley and Paladin, as the new PIMs are based on a Bradley chassis and so reduce the logistics tail for an ABCT.

Meanwhile, Andrew DiMarco, project director for main battle tank systems told reporters that the Abrams is progressing through its ECP1A programme that buys back SWAP but also seeks to ease the tank's sustainment.

ECP1A for Abrams, which just completed a 'critical design review', and includes design efforts to incorporate data links for future ammunition, increased protection, as well as on-board diagnostics and a shift from line replaceable units (LRUs) to line replaceable modules (LRMs). LRMs are easier to replace because there are fewer cables, boxes, and cards to handle.

Don Kotchman, vice-president of heavy brigade programs at General Dynamics Land Systems, told IHS Jane's that ECP1A also upgrades Abrams digital architecture to host a gigabit Ethernet data bus, and increase power generation with a new power management system and generator to add 7840 W. Moreover, ECP1A adds active protection against remotely operated, improvised explosive devices. Nine ECP1A prototypes have so far been delivered, he said.

Abrams ECP1B has not been fully defined yet, but Kotchman said it would focus on lethality and perhaps a third-generation forward looking infrared (FLIR) sensor.

Separately, DiMarco said ECP1B would likely begin next year and include sensor upgrades, and the ability to fire the 120-mm advanced multi-purpose (AMP) tank round that merges several capabilities into a single round.

In its FY 2015 budget request, the army has asked to fund PIM upgrades (USD247 million for procurement of 18 systems and USD83 million for development), Bradley infantry fighting vehicle (USD108 million), Abrams main battle tank (USD237 million), and Stryker wheeled combat vehicles (USD40 million for modifications and USD385 million for a third brigade of double-V hull variants - a fourth is to follow that).

Abrams M1A2 would receive USD349.6 million in FY 2015 (USD112.5 million for development and USD237 million for procurement) to buy modifications, such as the Data Distribution Unit, Blue Force Tracking 2, Ammunition Data Link to enable the use of new 'smart' rounds such as the AMP, and the Low-Profile Commander's Remote Operating Weapon Station.

Moreover, the Pentagon would fund research and development for the emerging AMPV (USD92 million to begin an engineering and manufacturing development phase with a contract award scheduled for early FY 2015), as well as for adding networking systems and automotive improvements to the Abrams and Bradley (USD205 million), and the Stryker (USD90 million).

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BAE Systems Amps Up Directed Energy Work

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Bill Sweetman
Wed, 2014-10-15 10:15
BAE Systems unveiled its Future Technology Demonstrator armored vehicle at the Association of the U.S. Army convention in Washington this week, with a focus on directed-energy technology.

The FTD includes hardware from the company’s Future Combat Systems and Ground Combat Vehicle work, including a Qinetiq electric-drive system that supports hybrid power and can meet the power requirements of directed energy weapons.

Armament on the FTD includes a remotely operated weapons station based on the Navy Mk38 mount, and carrying a 30-mm ATK cannon and a prototype laser weapon. Boeing supplies the beam director, and the laser itself is an industrial type from IPG Photonics. Like other contractors, BAE Systems is touting the laser as a low-cost-per-kill weapon against small unmanned air vehicles and mortar rounds.

In a parallel development, BAE showed a model of a conceptual high-power microwave (HPM) weapon that it is studying under contract to the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Dahlgren division. Also installed on a Mk38 mount, the HPM weapon features an electro-optical aiming unit and a flat multi-element array, and is designed to interfere with the engines of small watercraft used for swarming attacks. A subscale test rig is being evaluated at Dahlgren to investigate its effects on small engines.

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ATEC Successfully Tests Second ITEP Engine
Oct. 14, 2014 - 04:16PM | By AARON MEHTA | Comments
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Testing: The ITEP program seeks to develop a replacement for the General Electric T-700 engines that power AH-64 Apaches, like this one, and UH-60 Black Hawks. (Sgt. Harley Jelis / NY Army National Guard)
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WASHINGTON — The Advanced Turbine Engine Company (ATEC) has successfully completed a second test of its HPW3000 engine, its offering for the Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) program.

The late-summer evaluation tested both the engine’s performance and its ability to operate when fine and coarse sand were run through it. The test went off without a problem, and it is performing in line with ITEP requirements, company officials said.

“We’re ecstatic about the results,” said Jerry Wheeler, vice president of programs at ATEC.

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The ITEP program seeks to develop a replacement for the General Electric T-700 engines that power the Boeing AH-64 Apache and Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk fleets. The goal is to develop an engine with 50 percent more power and 25 percent more fuel efficiency than the legacy T-700s.

Hitting those levels would allow for leaner operations in the field, particularly in the “high and hot” environments that pop up in places like Iraq or Afghanistan.

ATEC, a 50-50 joint venture between Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney, is expected to compete against General Electrics for the final award.

While the HPW3000 is designed for the ITEP competition, both Wheeler and company president Craig Madden expressed confidence other markets exist for the engine, should it be selected by the Army.

Beyond the various operators of Black Hawks and Apaches, Wheeler said, the engine could make sense as the power plant for the Army’s future vertical lift vehicle, whenever it is selected.

“The ITEP engine is well-positioned to be the engine, or the basis for the engine, for the light and medium [future vertical lift] variants, depending on the requirements,” he said.

Keeping any program on track in the current budget environment is tough, but Madden said the Army continues to prioritize the engine.

“Throughout the Army it is recognized as being needed, and the budget is there,” Madden said. “You have to be concerned about any program in this environment, but the program has such support at senior army leadership level that we’re pretty confident.”

Wheeler said the goal is obviously to win the ITEP competition, but the development effort also benefits Honeywell and Pratt, ATEC’s parent companies.

“At its heart, [the] program is a technology validation program that companies use to advance their technologies to a higher rate of technology readiness, and then that benefits other programs as well,” Wheeler said. ■

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Release Date: 10/16/2014

From U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy announced today that the ballistic missile defense (BMD)-capable guided-missile destroyers USS Benfold (DDG 65) and USS Milius (DDG 69) will become part of the Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) based at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan.

As part of the U.S. Navy's long-range plan to put the most advanced and capable units forward, Benfold and Milius will leave their current homeport of San Diego and forward deploy to Yokosuka in the summers of 2015 and 2017, respectively. The move directly supports the announcement made by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel in April of this year that the Navy would commit to sending two additional BMD-capable ships to the defense of Japan by 2017.

The Navy also announced that the guided missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) will conduct a hull swap with USS Lassen (DDG 82) and become a member of the Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) in early 2016. USS Barry will forward deploy from its current homeport of Norfolk, Va. while USS Lassen will return to the U.S. and homeport in Mayport, Fla.

Barry, Benfold, and Milius will all complete a midlife modernization, making them among the most capable ships of their class. All will be fitted with the latest Aegis Baseline 9 combat system which includes state of the art air defense, ballistic missile defense, surface warfare and undersea warfare capabilities. The three Flight I ships will also receive upgrades including a fully-integrated bridge, improved machinery, damage control and quality of life improvements, an advanced galley and commercial-off-the-shelf computing equipment.

As part of their Aegis combat systems, each ship is outfitted with the Mark-41 Vertical Launch System for multiple types of guided missiles and is capable of defensive and offensive operations against aircraft, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, surface ships, submarines and shore targets.

These U.S. BMD-capable forces, combined with the sea-based missile defense systems operated by their counterparts in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, as well as the new TPY-2 radar at Kyogamisaki scheduled to start operations later this year, provide the U.S.-Japan alliance a regionally responsive missile defense capability. They also represent a significant improvement in capability and will provide the FDNF with greater capacity in all mission areas including regional Ballistic Missile Defense and Ballistic Missile Defense of the Homeland.

Lassen will return to the United States and homeport in Mayport, Fla., following a 10-year forward deployment to Yokosuka. Lassen will later undergo modernization to upgrade her combat systems to the latest Aegis program standards.

The United States values Japan's contributions to the peace, security and stability of the Indo-Asia-Pacific and its long-term commitment and hospitality in hosting forward deployed U.S. forces. These forces, along with their counterparts in the Japan Self-Defense Forces, make up the core capabilities needed by the alliance to meet our common strategic objectives.

This forward deployment is called an Overseas Force Structure Change. The force structure change is part of the Navy's long range FDNF plan to rotate newer and more capable units forward. Increasing FDNF capability supports the United States' commitment to the defense of Japan and the security and stability of the Asia-Pacific region.

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US Navy declares first E-2D squadron operational



By: Dan Parsons

Source: Flightglobal.com


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The US Navy on 10 October announced the initial operating capability of its Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft.

The E-2 radar, communication and command and control aircraft was first introduced in 1964 to improve the radar range of aircraft carrier strike groups at sea.

The E-2D improves upon its predecessors with a passive electronically scanned radar array, more powerful datalinks and a fourth crew member to handle mission data.

“This is not an E-2C with upgrades,” says Cmdr John Hewitt, commanding officer of VAW-120, the E-2 squadron in charge of training and transition of units from the C-model to D-model Hawkeyes. “This a brand new platform. There are some legacy systems shared between the two platforms, but those similarities end very quickly.”

The E-2C was designed to operate specifically in a maritime environment, so it “has its limitations over land and littoral environment”, Hewitt says. “With the E-2D we have great improvement to see contacts – air and surface – over land, over water. It really doesn’t matter. The aircraft does not care about its operating environment.”

The most notable upgrade is the range and power of the aircraft’s radar over its predecessor. The Lockheed Martin APY-9 system can see smaller targets at greater ranges in more environments than older systems. The solid state, rotating radar also can detect cruise missiles over ground clutter.

“The radar in the E-2D can see a very small radar cross section targets in any operating environment,” Hewitt says. “If my radar has line of sight to that target, we will see it over the E-2C.”

At the ranges the E-2D can reach, which officials did not specify, the aircraft can also support the naval integrated fire control-counter air strategy, allowing the aircraft to act as an over-the-horizon target designator for long-range munitions.

The D-model’s upgraded radars and associated equipment add about 907kg (2,500lb) to the aircraft, which required Northrop to redesign 60% of the fuselage, says Bart Legrone, vice-president of E-2/C-2 programmes at Northrop.

The E-2C has a maximum trap weight – the heaviest it can be to safely land on a carrier – of 21,100kg while the E-2D can land aboard ship loaded to 22,500kg. The E-2D was outfitted with beefed up Rolls-Royce T56-427A turboprop engines to accommodate the added weight.

Northrop has delivered 15 E-2Ds of 52 currently contracted, though the navy’s programme of record is 75 aircraft. A 16th aircraft should be delivered by the end of the year, Legrone said. The navy will begin phasing out legacy E-2Cs in 2017. By 2025, all Hawkeye squadrons should be equipped with the D-model aircraft.

The first squadron of five E-2Ds, VAW-125, already is scheduled to deploy aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in 2015.

Recognising the long-term need for an AEW aircraft, room for growth was built into the E-2D, says Capt John Lemmon, the navy’s E-2/C-2 airborne tactical data systems programme manager. The Northrop C-2 Greyhound is primarily a cargo aircraft that ferries supplies to and from carriers.

“As long as we’ve got aircraft carriers out there forward deployed, we’re going to need the Hawkeye,” he says.

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All will be fitted with the latest Aegis Baseline 9 combat system which includes state of the art air defense, ballistic missile defense, surface warfare and undersea warfare capabilities. The three Flight I ships will also receive upgrades including a fully-integrated bridge, improved machinery, damage control and quality of life improvements, an advanced galley and commercial-off-the-shelf computing equipment.

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Now as some maybe aware its AUSA week that means that one of the Army's biggest American Trade shows is on. And at said show Defence update caught a few neat options.
One is a seriously upgunned option for the bradley and maybe even the Stryker.

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moving up to the Xm813 cannon and it's 30x173mm would seriously add teeth to the brad and really turn the Styker into a beast! especially if added to the package was a upgraded defensive package like the Trophy medium system. and if you really want to go Harry Callahan there is a 40mm option.
Also on display BAE showed off there GCV prototype.

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since the Vehicle program was canceled BAE seems to be using it to test other goodies the version on display had lost 30 tons bringing it to a more practical 40 tons and then was topped off with a naval 30mm cannon and Laser system!

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Hagel briefed on new Navy surface ship, but no decisions yet
Oct. 16, 2014 - 06:00AM |
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Lockheed Martin concept for a US Navy Small Surface Combatant. (Lockheed Martin)

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WASHINGTON — The Navy’s senior leadership briefed top Pentagon officials Oct. 6 on proposals for a new Small Surface Combatant (SSC), but no decisions have been made, said the U.S. military’s top spokesman.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel “appreciated the work and analysis the Navy did, the seriousness with which they took his tasking,” Rear Adm. John Kirby said Thursday evening. “He knows how important a decision this is, for the Navy and the nation, for many years to come.”

Hagel, earlier this year, directed the Navy to develop a more heavily-armed warship — the SSC — to succeed the politically-troubled Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). A decision on the form of the SSC is to be made, Hagel directed, in time “to inform” the 2016 budget submission, due to be sent to Congress in February.

Few details of the meeting have emerged, but the principals in attendance included Navy Secretary Ray Mabus; Adm. Jonathan Greenert, chief of naval operations; and Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) Sean Stackley.

Hagel; Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work; Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall; and Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation Jamie Morin were among those receiving the brief.

Additionally, Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) Michael Gilmore was in attendance. Gilmore has long been a critic of the LCS program, particularly regarding survivability issues.

Gilmore’s attendance, Kirby said, was “by virtue of his job of providing detailed analysis of the quality and capability of various programs, to include whatever the SSC is going to be. It’s a vital input to the kinds of decisions the secretary has to make.

“Whatever the SSC looks like,” Kirby added, “Mike Gilmore and his team will be providing continuing analysis of that.”

Kirby declined to discuss specifics of the Navy’s presentation, nor of what actions were requested, but confirmed questions were raised and further action is being carried out.

Hagel, Kirby said, “wants to take the proper time to look at the proposal before he renders a decision.”

The intention, Kirby confirmed is to hold another SSC meeting before the end of the month.

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Army Eyes Coordinated Land-Cyber Missions
Oct. 15, 2014 - 03:36PM | By JOE GOULD | Comments
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This image shows what US intelligence officials said was a Syrian nuclear reactor, destroyed in an Israeli strike that is believed to have included a cyber component. (AFP)
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WASHINGTON — Seven years ago, the Israeli military’s Operation Orchard is believed to have employed an electronic warfare-delivered cyber attack to shut down Syrian anti-air defenses before its jets bombed Syria’s Al Kibar nuclear reactor.

US Army officials say they are working toward a capability that is potentially similar, synchronizing land power and cyber capabilities for tactical effects on a future battlefield.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno said in an interview that the service’s new operating concept calls for the synchronization of air, sea, land and cyberspace. “You have to be able to integrate and synchronize that on the ground.”

The Army is looking closely at gaining national agency-level cyber support for brigades wherever they are deployed. Corps level and below would receive support for tactical cyber, including planners at headquarters and capabilities at brigade level, according to Brig. Gen. Paul Nakasone, commander of cyber National Mission Force.

“I suspect as the year progresses, we will see elements at the brigade combat team level doing all three missions of support to their operations,” Nakasone said, a reference to the mission areas of cyber defense, cyber attack and cyber support.

The brigade commander would not necessarily own the units conducting the operations, but would be supported by them.

A cyber attack with tactical, local effect, may not be intended to have the same kind of impact as a strategic-level attack, Odierno said, though discussions on the issue are ongoing.

“At the tactical level you are not going to try to take down a country’s infrastructure, but what you are going to do, potentially, maybe is be able to take out their radar system or take out their … air defense, you know, using cyber,” Odierno said.

“I think as we start to integrate this, actually the authorities might be easier to get at a tactical level instead of strategic, but those are things we are going to have to work through.”

Odierno said he is interested in how cyber warfare might be used in conjunction with influence operations, or lethal operations.

Retired Lt. Gen. George Flynn, former director of joint force development with the Joint Staff, said it’s important to provide a common operating picture for cyber, electronic warfare, and kinetic or non kinetic fires, ostensibly to bridge the various levels engaged in an operation. ■

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