Alarmed by Russia’s invasion into a sovereign nation in 2008 and again in 2014—coupled with a land-grab of the Crimean peninsula, NATO has moved to a heightened alert posture. Part 1 details the Russian build up to 2018 and Part 2 discusses NATO’s response.
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Alarmed by Russia’s invasion into a sovereign nation in 2008 and again in 2014—coupled with a land-grab of the Crimean peninsula, NATO has moved to a heightened alert posture. Part 1 details the Russian build up to 2018 and Part 2 discusses NATO’s response
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The biggest threat to our nation isn’t terrorist, but how we act online. The risky behavior and how we conduct ourselves online present a threat that is much closer to home. Here are a few tips to protect yourself from those threats
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Attention engineering is the product of two recent historical developments: marketing and the internet. Attention engineering is exacerbated by social media and news outlets and has applications in the emerging security environment for influencing adversary decision-making
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China’s rise to power has the same elements as the political paradigm on the eve of World War I. Chinese nationalism combined with military and economic imperialism is a foreboding quandary that US policymakers must solve from a position of strength
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Part 2 of the conclusion to a series on training and developing autonomous wingmen for future aerial combat.
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In part 1 of a 2-part series conclusion, Nick Helms discusses foundations and processes for testing and training autonomous air vehicles.
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Editor’s Note: This is one of our favorite articles we wanted to re-post to keep the conversation moving. We will
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This OTH Anniversary article takes a look at the need for increased information sharing across programs in order for multi domain operations to be successful.
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In the latest installment of our Human Domain series, Louis L. Cook examines Information Operations effectiveness in multi-domain operations through a focused look at the offensive and defensive uses of Operations Security (OPSEC).
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Editor’s Note: This is one of our favorite articles we wanted to re-post to keep the conversation moving. We will
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Similar to escorting bombers in WWII, AI could be the paradigm shift the Air Force seeks in a 21st Century Fight. However, traditional mindsets have forced the service into a doctrinal rut, preventing the Service from maximizing this critical capability.
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The Air Force should abandon its crusade for primacy outside of the Air Domain and instead advocate for Theater Cyber and Space Component Commands, under their respective Combatant Commands
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The frozen middle is a term that we, as the AF, need to move past. Airmen need the courage to try, courage to fail, and the top cover to try again. It isn’t going to be easy or comfortable, but it is necessary.
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Fighting in a contested environment will force a change in how the US prioritizes intel requirements. Consolidating & prioritizing at the local level will the new mantra for success and lethality.
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The modern operational environment will force a change in operations at all levels, to include C4ISR. You can’t command without control. You can’t control without communications.
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Militaries need to introduce design education as early as possible; cadets and privates need to experience design.
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Military design is about constantly changing, transforming, challenging, and disrupting.
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Many of the seemingly successful mechanical planning processes of the last two centuries are now holding us back
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The Air Force is not ready to deter or prevail against a near-peer adversary, to remain competitive in the 21st century fight the service must have a paradigm shift to give maneuverability back to the warfighter.
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The Air Force is ready to deter, and if necessary prevail against a growing near-peer adversary willing to disrupt the international order.
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Theater-level ISR C2 must be modernized to ensure the Joint Force is prepared for a complex future and can achieve multi-domain success.
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This is the first article in a multi-part series focused on modernizing Command and Control (C2) of Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR).
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Russia’s military reorganization and its operations in Ukraine indicate it is intentionally developing a multi-domain force.
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By: Ryan Hilger Reading Time: 9 Minutes In May 2018, President Donald Trump, following several years of fretting over Russian
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Dr. Jeff Reilly discusses the need for the Multi Doman Operational Strategist
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Maneuver at Lightspeed: Electromagnetic Spectrum as a Domain
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China’s A2AD strategy presents US planners with a formidable task. A deployment of B-2 stealth bombers could be an adaption to the new threat.
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Dispersed Operations Strategies will be hindered by Supply Chain limitations. A DoD wide networked supply chain with allied nation participation will alleviate this hindrance by mitigating the current challenge of rapidly sourcing parts.
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These are the final two problems facing the US when it comes to conflict in space. A Space Force can solve these problems, similar to the USAF in 1947.
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There are two problems facing the US when it comes to conflict in space. A Space Force can solve these problems, similar to the USAF in 1947.
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Future American intervention in Africa will need to factor in demographic change and resource scarcity to achieve success.
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Congolese displacement, disease, encroachment, and extremists combine to create a powder keg of global instability.
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In near-peer conflicts, operations will trend toward smaller detachment style ops in lieu of current air basing model.
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This is an overview of the conversation on what multi domain operations and multi domain C2 continues to define what those terms mean as Airman.
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As tactical-level warfare evolves, the emerging security environment will likely drive a level of chaos and friction that has not happened in recent conflicts. To effectively execute MDO in a contested environment, preparing Mission Commanders to act decisively will be essential.
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Without a public discourse on autonomy, there might not be anything left worth fighting over.
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The following are remarks presented by the author at International Space Development Conference in May, 2018. Approximate Reading time: 8
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The maritime domain as defined by joint doctrine is overly broad in concept and does not accurately capture the opportunities and vulnerabilities presented in the undersea.
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A domain is a “Critical macro maneuver space whose access or control is vital to the freedom of action and superiority required by the mission.”
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Reading Time: 15 Minutes By: Sean A. Atkins Editor’s Note: Today we present part two of a two-part series.
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Multidomain Observing and Orienting: ISR to Meet the Emerging Battlespace
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Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a two part series exploring the use of Targeted Learning System Theory to
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Can a multi-modal learning system incorporating virtual reality increase pilot training throughput and solve the USAF’s pilot shortage?
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Next-gen fighters should emphasize speed, maneuverability, and directed energy weapons to preserve US dominance in the air domain.
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A cultural reform in DOD acquisitions and USAF professional development is critical to timely delivery of capability to the warfighter.
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A cultural reform in DOD acquisitions is critical to timely delivery of capability to the warfighter.
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Excerpt: The moral of the myth is not—as we’ve been taught—to value Daedalus’s pragmatism over Icarus’s playfulness, but rather that
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By Aaron P. Jackson Estimated Reading Time: 14 Mins I first heard of Joe Haldeman’s 1974 book The Forever War
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Swarming weapon systems are feasible for several different concepts of employment in the future fight.
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