Cyber Resiliency of Weapon Systems-ACS
Abstract
This program funds activities at the Cyber Resiliency Office for Weapon Systems (CROWS), which provides cyber capabilities and acquisition support to weapon system programs across the Department of the Air Force (DAF). CROWS increases the cyber resiliency of DAF weapon systems to maintain mission effective capability under adverse conditions. Its goals are to bake cyber resiliency into new weapon systems and mitigate critical vulnerabilities in fielded weapon systems. CROWS aligns the DAF with strategic guidance, such as the National Defense Strategy (NDS). The NDS highlights the re-emergence of great power competition as the central challenge to U.S. prosperity and security. This strategic guidance identified the space and cyberspace domains that require the Department of Defense to prioritize investments in cyber defense, resilience, and the continued integration of cyber capabilities into the full spectrum of military operations. This program addresses cyber resiliency and security gaps in three primary activities to meet these goals. The first activity is to develop systems security engineering tools, techniques and procedures, and associated training and education to build cyber expertise within the acquisition workforce. This includes developing a common secure environment to enable effective sharing of cyber intelligence and vulnerability information across multiple acquisition programs. It also includes identifying emerging technologies for further development and prototyping to posture DAF weapon systems to counter emerging threats. The second activity is to conduct threat informed weapon systems' solution analysis, identify and prioritize vulnerabilities and identify, develop and present courses of action to develop materiel and non-materiel mitigation trade space. The third activity is to design mitigation strategies and prototype mitigation solutions to critical vulnerabilities, with emphasis on those vulnerabilities that affect multiple weapon systems. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver CROWS weapon system capability. The use of such programs funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605831F. 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, 2022
- Source ID
- 0604414F_4_3600_PB_2022
- Change Summary Explanation
- Decrease in FY 2020 of $1.649 is due to SBIR transfer. Decrease in FY 2021 of $0.127 is due to higher DAF priorities. Decrease in FY 2022 of $8.459 is due to Department of Defense inflationary adjustments of $1.159M and $7.3M to Program Element 0605056F Open Architecture Management to appropriately align requirements associated with open architecture/open standards activities.
- Service Agency Name
- Air Force
Entities
Organizations
- United States Air Force
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