NCW – The Information Operations Frontier

Presentation to Association of Old Crows 2008

Brigadier David Welch

Director-General Integrated Capability Development

Capability Development Group

Scope

NCW Overview

NCW Roadmap

NCW Implementation and Challenges

The place for IO/EW in NCW

Industry Engagement

Strategic Vision for Defence

….. The ADF is a balanced, networked and deployable force, staffed by dedicated and professional people, that operates within a culture of adaptability and excels at joint and coalition operations.

ACM Angus Houston

Chief of Defence Force

(Joint Operations for the 21st Century, May 2007)

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What Does NCW Mean to Defence?

A means of organising the force by using modern information technology to link sensors, decision makers and weapon systems to help people work more effectively together to achieve the commander’s intent.

More than a concept or collection of new technologies, but rather is a tool that can contribute significantly to producing a warfighting advantage.

The major contribution to producing a warfighting advantage is via increased synchronisation through four major and interdependent elements:

command and control systems (the C2 grid)

sensor systems (the sensor grid)

engagement systems (the engagement grid)

the information network

The Network Centric Warfare Package

NCW Concept

Based on five key premises:

Concepts to Realisation

ADDP – D.3

Future Warfighting Concept

ADDP - D3.1NCW Concept

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NCW Target States 2020

Force Application. The ADF can generate a range of lethal and non-lethal effects that are timely and appropriate and are synchronised with other partners to achieve the desired effect.

Information Superiority and Support. Defence has continuous information connectivity to link fighting units, sensors and decision makers in a way that increases situational awareness and the capacity to act decisively.

Command and Control. The ADF’s command and control system promotes collaboration.

Force Protection. Forces deployed, and in home locations, have a pervasive network of active and passive sensors, which are automatically fused into a COP in order to achieve an enhanced level of shared situational awareness about their surroundings.

NCW Capability Development Path

NCW Domain Hierarchy

NCW Integration Challenges & Questions

Consistent application of Architectural Approach

Alignment of standards with close allies and industry

Interoperability objectives and priorities

Plethora of new technologies being developed – potential for new stovepipes

Does everything need to communicate with everything?

What activities additional to DCP projects are necessary to deliver the 2014 Networked Deployable Joint Task Force and 2016 Networked Joint Force?

Australian NCW Network Bandwidth constrained

Multi-tiered architecture

Key nodes must have high interoperability with US

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interconnectedness across a ubiquitous network

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Allied Interoperability

The emerging ADO NCW architecture has significant differences to the US NCW architecture but must be functionally interoperable.

Influence of EW in NCW

Increased dependence on networks creates new vulnerabilities (detection, denial, EM congestion, deception etc)

Equally, a networked adversary has vulnerabilities – these need to be well understood to be fully exploited

EW information can be shared within the network, providing enhanced situation awareness to other entities – particularly if fused with other information

A networked force can apply synchronised/focussed EW attack

Ubiquitous Connectivity

Courtesy of BAE Systems Australia

EW Capability Development

DEF 224 Ph 3 will deliver enhanced EW capability (YOD 09/10 – 11/12; ISD 2011-2013)

EW capabilities embedded within major platforms delivered by DCP projects

JP 2065 Ph 2 (Integrated Broadcast System)

JP 2068 Ph 2B (Computer Network Defence)

‘New’ Industry Engagement

Rapid Prototyping, Development and Experimentation (RPDE)

Quicklook on ESM interference

Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC)

Network Centric Assessment Tool (NCAT)

Systems, Capabilities, Operations, Programs, and Enterprises Model (SCOPE)

Domain Integration Forums

ISR Council – DEPSEC IS&IP

Joint Fires – CA

Joint Amphibious Capability – CN & CA

Integrated Fire Control (Counter Air) – HCS

Electronic Warfare – DGAD/DGICD

NCW – The Information Operations Frontier

Presentation to Association of Old Crows 2008

Brigadier David Welch

Director-General Integrated Capability Development

Capability Development Group