Cyber Resiliency of Weapon Systems-ACS
Abstract
This program funds activities at the Cyber Resiliency Office for Weapon Systems (CROWS), which is based at Hanscom Air Force Base, MA and provides acquisition cyber support to the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center, Air Force Test Center, Air Force Nuclear Warfare Center, Space and Missile System Center, and Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center. CROWS accomplishes two goals to increase weapon systems cyber resiliency/security in all phases of the acquisition life cycle. First, CROWS builds cyber resiliency into weapon systems by integrating cyber design tenets into the systems engineering process. Second, CROWS assesses and protects fielded systems from cyber exploitation. To meet these goals, this program addresses cyber resiliency and security gaps in five projects. The first project targets the workforce by increasing cyber security and resiliency skills, knowledge, and experience of acquisitions personnel. The second project targets system security engineering activities by prototyping, evaluating, and transitioning cyber secure and resilient risk-informed processes, tools, products, and policies into all phases of the acquisition life cycle. The third project develops standards for designing new weapon systems by defining a government reference architecture, affords weapon system designers the opportunity to use open system architectures, and provides the capability to rapidly update weapon systems cyber components in response to new cyber threats. The fourth project performs bottom-up cyber assessments on individual Air Force weapons systems, addressing the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (Section 1647) mandate as well as designing mitigation strategies and prototyping solutions for known cross-platform vulnerabilities. The final project uses a top-down approach to evaluate mission sets of Air Force weapons systems and addresses gaps in mission assurance due to evolving cyber threats. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver CROWS capabilities. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 0605826F, 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605830F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, and 0605898F. As directed in the FY 2018 NDAA, Sec 825, amendment to PL 114-92 FY 2016 NDAA, Sec 828 Penalty for Cost Overruns, the FY 2018 Air Force penalty total is $14.373M. The calculated percentage reduction to each research, development, test and evaluation and procurement account will be allocated proportionally from all programs, projects, or activities under such account. This effort is in Budget Activity 4, Advanced Component Development and Prototypes (ACD&P), because efforts are necessary to evaluate integrated technologies, representative modes or prototype systems in a high fidelity and realistic operating environment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- 0604414F_4_3600_PB_2020
- Change Summary Explanation
- The FY 2020 funding request was reduced by $4.342 million to account for availability of prior year balances.
- Service Agency Name
- Air Force
Entities
Organizations
- United States Air Force
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