CYBER Situational Understanding
Abstract
Cyber SU is a software-only, mission command application designed for use by maneuver commanders at the tactical level (Infantry, Armor, Stryker Brigade Combat Teams, Division, Corps, and Army Service Component Commands). Cyber SU is the first application of its kind designed for maneuver commanders focusing on tactical/ expeditionary combat operations to detect and mitigate cyber and electronic warfare threats and assist with decision making during combat operations. Cyber SU produces a Cyber Electromagnetic Activity (CEMA) overlay on the commander's Common Operational Picture (COP) within the Command Post Computing Environment (CPCE)/Tactical Services Infrastructure (TSI) infrastructure. Unlike Enterprise Cyber Mission Force(s) Tools, Cyber SU was designed using the CPCE Software Development Kit (SDK), to operate within the constraints of TSI hardware, a bandwidth constrained tactical environment, and support Common Operating Environment (COE) standards in the Army's Command Post. The underlying Cyber SU framework is also being leveraged by the US Air Force to ensure alignment with the Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control (CJADC2). The Army will ensure Cyber SU has an open systems architecture and will continue to explore options to integrate Cyber SU functionality and data ingests between other Services as well as explore insertion of third-party technology within the Cyber SU solution. Cyber SU provides the maneuver commander the ability to visualize and understand any cyber related impacts/threats to physical (geographical), logical (at a specific network internet protocol), and cyber persona layers (bad actors, from individuals to nation states) of tactical cyberspace data. Supporting CEMA, Cyber SU ingests existing data sources from related programs (e.g., Tactical Defense Cyber Operations Infrastructure, CPCE, Electronic Warfare Planning and Management Tool (EWPMT), Unified Network Operations (UNO), Distributed Common Ground System-Army, Data Distribution System), synchronizes and integrates blue (friendly), red (enemy), and grey (commercial/private sector) data and enables collaboration therein at the tactical edge. Cyber SU continues to address the principal capability areas from its first Information Technology (IT) Box (FY2020 -FY2024), including See Yourself (Initial Capability), See Your Cyber Battlespace, and Understand Your Cyber Battlespace. Cyber SU Information Technology (IT) Box requirements will not be renewed. To better meet Army needs, Cyber Electromagnetic Activity (CEMA) requirements captured in the Cyber SU IS-ICD are being subsumed into requirements documents for Informational Dimension, Electronic Warfare Planning & Management Tool (EWPMT) Next, the Unified Network Operations (UNO) Lower Tactical Tier (LTT) and Upper Tactical Tier (UTT) requirements; therefore, the Cyber SU IS-ICD will not be recertified for a follow-on IT Box (FY2025-2029). Funding for the Cyber SU program is not required in FY2025 and beyond due to this change in how the Army is addressing these operational requirements and desired capabilities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- CY5_0605041A_5_2040_PB_2025
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