AF Offensive Cyber Operations
Abstract
Distributed Cyber Warfare Operations (DCWO) conducts Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation (RDT&E) leading to operations-ready cyberspace superiority capabilities including the transition of efforts from laboratory, industry, and academia via studies, accelerated prototyping, and technology demonstrations. DCWO consists of a portfolio of programs and projects providing offensive cyberspace capabilities. DCWO effectiveness comes from balancing acquisition-related RDT&E efforts within four Air Force capability areas required for cyber warfare operations: Platform, Access, Infrastructure, and Payloads/Weapons. The DCWO portfolio fields these products and services across multiple mission areas to deliver cyber effects in support of Combatant Commanders. Platform solutions provide user interface, controls, and channels; Access and Infrastructure solutions provide connectivity; and Payloads solutions provide cyber tools in support of offensive cyber operations (OCO). This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such programs funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, 0606398F. In FY22 0.300M was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element, and in FY23 3.431M is forecasted for civilian pay expenses in this program element. In FY 2024, 36.480 million from PE 0208087F, Distributed Cyber Warfare Operations, Project 674543, AF Offensive Cyber Operations efforts for foundational tools were transferred to PE 0306250JCY, Cyber Operations Technology Support, Project CY06, Cyber Weapons/Tools:AF Payloads, in order to satisfy Congressional requirements in the FY22 NDAA, Section 1507, transferring responsibilities for the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution of the resources to USCYBERCOM. The FY24 funding request was reduced by 4.300 million to account for the availability of prior year execution balances. FY23 funding was reduced by 0.167 million for Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) costs. This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2024
- Source ID
- 674543_0208087F_7_3600_PB_2024
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