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 in a contested cyberspace environment. Its goals are to integrate cyber resiliency into new weapon systems and mitigate critical vulnerabilities in fielded weapon systems. The CROWS' mission aligns with the DAF's cyber survivability approach and strategic guidance, including the National Defense Strategy (NDS). The NDS highlights integrated deterrence as vital to safeguarding U.S. national interests from aggression and strategic attacks by building a resilient, survivable Joint Force in the cyber domain. This strategic guidance requires 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 to improve survivability and address mission risks in three primary activities to meet these goals. The first activity is to develop systems security engineering tools, techniques, and procedures with associated training and education to build cyber expertise within the acquisition workforce that will develop and upgrade cyber resilient and survivable systems. Notably this includes embedding centrally managed Cyber Focus Team (CFT) members within DAF Program Executive Offices and Program Management Offices and equipping them with skills and resources to enhance the cyber posture of DAF weapon systems. It also includes capabilities to enable effective sharing of cyber intelligence and vulnerability information across multiple acquisition programs and 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 mature the materiel and nonmateriel mitigation trade space. The third activity is to design mitigation strategies and prototype mitigation solutions to critical vulnerabilities, with an emphasis on those vulnerabilities that affect multiple weapon systems. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, and 0606398F. In PY 2022 $0.080 million was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element, and in CY 2023 $0.000 million is forecasted for civilian pay expenses in this program element. 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, 2024
- Source ID
- 0604414F_4_3600_PB_2024
- Change Summary Explanation
- Decrease in FY 2023 of $1.154 million is due to an appropriation-wide Federally Funded Research and Development Center reduction.
- Service Agency Name
- Air Force
Entities
Organizations
- United States Air Force
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