Intelligence Support to Information Warfare

Abstract

This program expedites information and cyberspace superiority capabilities from laboratory, industry, and academia to operational platforms including the Network Attack System (NAS) via the Offensive Cyber Product Line (OCPL). The OCPL establishes a flexible and balanced approach to rapid acquisition of cyber operational capabilities. OCPL effectiveness comes from consciously balancing funding into four capability areas required for effective operations: platforms (includes Cyber Mission Platform (CMP), access, and payloads. The program office investigates and selects the highest potential cyber and Information Operations (IO) technologies to meet specific shortfalls, deficiencies, and requirements documented by major commands (MAJCOMs), unified commands, and IO agencies in Mission Area Plans (MAPs) and capabilities documents. In accordance with AF Policy, the program office develops capabilities in the following cyberspace superiority core capability areas. OCPL efforts provide advanced cyber warfare capabilities to the 24th Air Force in direct support of USCYBERCOM and other combatant commanders. OCPL efforts also directly support the AF Information Operations Capability Plan (IOCP) and the National Military Strategy for Cyberspace Operations (NMS-CO). OCPL efforts will be prioritized and guided by the Air Force Space Command in support of the Joint Net Attack ICD and other applicable requirements documents. Planned areas of study, prototyping, and technology demonstration will be used to provide warfighters access, platforms, Offensive Cyber Operations (OCO) production (e.g. test and budgets), infrastructure (e.g. mission planning, intelligence, command and control), and tools needed to exploit enemy networks, telephony, Integrated Air Defense Systems (IADS), electronic warfare operations and Command and Control (C2) systems. These advancements will be used to develop and deliver cutting edge technologies to the warfighter. This capability area utilizes cyber technology investments by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the National Security Agency (NSA), and DoD national laboratories. Activities performed include those designed to identify, analyze, test, rapidly acquire, and integrate emerging cyber technologies into all regions of the Global Information Grid. Activities also include studies and analysis to support both current program planning and execution and future program planning. Program activities are protected under AF Network Warfare Special Access Program(s). This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development, these budget activities include development efforts to upgrade systems currently fielded or has approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2015
• Source ID: 0305887F_7_3600_PB_2015
• Change Summary Explanation: FY13 decrease due to sequestration.
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Cyber
• Electronic Warfare
• Human Systems
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Air Defense
• Air Force
• Command And Control
• Cyber Warfare
• Cyberspace
• Cyberspace Operations
• Defense Systems
• Electronic Warfare
• Information Operations
• Information Warfare
• Military Strategy
• National Security
• Networks
• Platforms
• Procurement
• Warfare

Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.

Technology Areas

• Cyber
• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
• Microelectronics
• Space