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Winning the Information War NDIA Luncheon

Winning the Information War NDIA Luncheon. Mr. Christopher Raney Deputy Executive Director / Technical Director NIWC Pacific September 2019. What’s in a Name?. Focus and alignment of existing mission to great power competition. NIWC Pacific’s Mission. From Concept to Capability via….

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Winning the Information War NDIA Luncheon

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  1. Winning the Information WarNDIA Luncheon Mr. Christopher Raney Deputy Executive Director / Technical Director NIWC Pacific September 2019

  2. What’s in a Name? Focus and alignment of existing mission to great power competition

  3. NIWC Pacific’s Mission From Concept to Capability via… Research, development, engineering, and support of integrated C4ISR, cyber, and space systems across all warfighting domains, and to rapidly prototype, conduct test and evaluation, and provide acquisition, installation, and in-service engineering support.

  4. “Long-term strategic competitions with China and Russia are the principal priorities for the Department.” “We face simultaneous threats from different actors across multiple arenas – all accelerated by technology.” “This global competition extends to the maritime domain…and importantly, to newer domains: space and cyber.” Strategic Guidance is Extraordinarily Aligned Great power competition is the challenge of our time

  5. A Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority:Version 2.0 “China and Russia are deploying all elements of their national power to achieve their global ambitions … in many cases, they are gaining a competitive advantage and exploiting our vulnerabilities.”

  6. Design 2.0: Focus on Great Power Competition Strategic Environment Strategic Environment The increasing use of the maritime domain The rise of global information systems (role of data in decision-making) The increasing rate of technological creation and adoption Our Response The Navy will compete in ways that are sustainable The Navy will become more agile The Navy, with the Joint Force and our allies and partners, will control the high end of maritime conflict “To recapture strategic momentum and grow our advantages … the U.S. Navy will act with a sense of urgency and creativity.”

  7. What is Information Warfare? • The integrated employment of Navy’s information-based capabilities • Communications, Networks, Intelligence, Oceanography, Meteorology, Cryptology, Electronic Warfare, Cyberspace Operations, and Space • to degrade, deny, deceive, or destroy an enemy’s information environment • or to enhance the effectiveness of friendly operations.

  8. Information Warfare Is Now a Core Capability Design 2.0: The Competition-Conflict Spectrum “The advent of information warfare changes everything, intentionally changing the character of warfare itself, and definitely speeding everything up.” CNO Admiral Richardson, WEST 2019

  9. Our Response to the Strategic Environment The Mandate is Clear • Develop capabilities that are: • Disruptive • Lethal • Asymmetric • Deliver them to the Fleet with: • Speed • Affordability • Agility NIWC Pacific Focus Areas • Design 2.0 • “Establish a capability development hub (DEVGRUWEST) at C3F” • “Focus Navy efforts for fielding AI/ML algorithms ....” • Advance urgently and creatively towards our technical vision • Ingrain the practice of elegant engineering – designing for toughness A cultural change is required, in both government and industry

  10. NIWC Pacific’s Technical Vision:Warfighting Capabilities in 2037 Ambient intelligence and networked ML systems Extensive use of modeling and simulation Swarming autonomous sensors Cyber and electronic warfare Ubiquitous employment of autonomous vehicles Advanced user interfaces

  11. “Elegant Engineering” starts with … Easy to use Easy to learn Easy to maintain Easy to train Easy to install Easy to secure Easy to say, more difficult to do …

  12. Making the vision a reality • Collaborative Software Armory • Compile to Combat in 24 Hours • Making Kennedy Real • User Interface Prototyping Tool • Data as a Service • Vision Presentation at NIWC Pacific on October 7 • Establishing an Information Warfare Collaboration Center (outside the NIWC-PAC fence)

  13. Innovation – It Takes a Village "Innovation is fostered by information gathered from new connections; from insights gained by journeys into other disciplines or places; from active, collegial networks and fluid, open boundaries.” Meg Wheatley, “Leadership and the New Science”

  14. Intellectual Capital and Partnerships – Industry and Academia Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) Establish and foster R&D partnerships with industry and academia, allowing shared R&D resources, personnel, equipment and costs, and enabling development of new capability, technology, and IP NIWC Pacific: Total CRADAs We’ve been increasing the number of CRADAs in recent years

  15. Moving Forward • Increased focus on Information Warfare • Strong demand for Cyber and C4ISR • Increasing demand for enterprise engineering,rapid prototyping and experimentation • Increase automation in fielding systems • System “toughness” • Artificial Intelligence; Autonomy/ Machine Learning; ISR; Networks

  16. Questions?

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