Warfare Innovation Management

To support Navy objectives in advancing Information Warfare (IW) capabilities, the Space and Electronic Warfare (SEW) Engineering project primary functions are: Develop the architectures, specifications and standards, tools, and processes to support a single integrated Navy Cybersecurity plan. Develop cybersecurity engineering criteria within Navy specific guidance to drive common and consistent implementation of security controls within a threat informed mission impact approach across current and future Navy Programs of Record/projects. This eliminates redundancies and inefficiencies characteristic of previous stove-pipe development efforts in which each system addressed security individually. These efforts enable a standardized approach to improve the Navy's cyber resiliency to Cyber Adversary's weaponization of IT/OT susceptibility to attack. Provide the cybersecurity vulnerability and functional test standards, which supports cybersecurity test requirements and the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence (C4I) components of Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWARSYSCOM) Information Warfare (IW) Kill Chain Testing for SYSCOM Red Team. NAVWAR develops and deploys innovative Naval approach for rapid delivery of software applications with emphasis on security & automation via Certified Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Delivery (CD) pipeline tools based upon NAVWAR designed SECDEVOPS services under SECNAV Rapid Assess & Incorporate Software Engineering (RAISE). This combination of Systems Commands functions, services and tools ensures Navy platforms in operational maritime environments can effectively defend and "fight through" cyber adversary attacks under a framework of mission thread analysis and assessment. NAVWAR establishes an integrated Enterprise Architecture to support design, development and delivery of integrated Navy Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR), Business Information Technology (IT), and Space System capabilities. This architecture reflects current (as-is) and future (target) end states to support technical analyses, program planning, and enterprise-level investment decisions across IW capabilities on both ashore and afloat platforms.

The Fleet Experimentation (FLEX) program examines materiel and non-materiel initiatives in development to address the fleet's most critical warfighting priorities and gaps. Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Africa, Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, and Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (CUSFFC) are the FLEX Program Owners. Per the current FLEX Instruction (3900.1E), they provide program oversight, Commanders' FLEX guidance with experimentation priorities, funding oversight, and advocacy for the most viable recommended solutions to fleet priority capability gaps. CUSFFC manages FLEX program funding. Director, Navy Warfare Development Center (NWDC) serves as the Executive Agent (EA) and is responsible for FLEX campaign design and management, experiment planning and execution, analysis, final reporting, and post-experiment actions. FLEX results drive action across three structured return on investment (ROI) categories: capability development, investment, and delivery.

The ACME program advances Information Warfare (IW) to include Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR); Electronic Warfare (EW); and Cyber Warfare, interoperability with Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States (AUSCANNZUKUS), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and other Allied and Coalition partners. The program determines maritime operational gaps with our allies, identifies Doctrine, Organization, Training, Material, Leadership, Personnel, and Facilities (DOTMLPF) solutions with the potential to fill those gaps, and assesses these solutions and associated concepts of operation in laboratory and at-sea environments. The ACME program includes integration and testing in support of Allied and Coalition warfighting capabilities, including interoperability testing of IW equipment. Allied and Coalition interoperability is critical for future maritime operations, especially as the United States Navy cooperatively works towards a federated environment leveraging initiatives such as Federated Mission Networking (FMN), Secret and Below Releasable Environment (SABRE), and Combatant Command solutions such as Indo-Pacific Command Mission Network and Cooperative Partner Environment. Currently, connectivity with AUSCANNZUKUS and other Allied/Coalition forces is focused on traditional paths, requiring extensive backhaul through ashore infrastructure. Higher bandwidth solutions suitable for use over tactical networks require development and assessment for emerging coalition and joint interoperability requirements, such as Network Operations Without Shore (NOWS), Denied, Degraded, Intermittent and Low-bandwidth (DDIL) operations, and to counter Anti-Access Area Denial (A2/AD) threats. Increases in data throughput are required for the effective exchange of rich IW data sets and services via Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) within the limitations of High Frequency (HF), Ultra-High Frequency (UHF), and other portions of the radio frequency spectrum, coupled with appropriate Information Assurance and Computer Network Defense (IA/CND) mechanisms. Development and assessment of potential solutions will integrate improved IP capabilities with the Advanced Digital Network Systems (ADNS) and existing international standards (e.g.

U.S. Navy's Trident Warrior (TW) experiment campaign enables early delivery of Information Warfare (IW) capabilities to the warfighter via Fleet-directed TW operational events. It integrates stand-alone systems and efforts to achieve enhanced capabilities and demonstrates these capabilities in operational environments. This places innovative technologies into the hands of the warfighter to evaluate their effectiveness. Additionally, it develops supporting doctrine and Concepts of Operation to improve warfighting effectiveness. Coordinates IW efforts with other Service/Joint/Department of War/National efforts to ensure Joint/Interagency/ Allied/Coalition applicability and interoperability.