C2ISR Family of Systems Interactive Discussion Series

July 14, 2021

Enabling Multi-Domain Operations

The Family of Systems concept continues to inform pan-NATO thinking on next-generation C2ISR. Expressed through NATO's AFSC Programme and USAF's ABMS Programme, it offers a framework for delivering a networked set of capabilities that can achieve decisive C2 for the multi-domain battlespace.

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A half-day session scheduled to permit US and European participation and featuring spotlight presentations from defence and industry, the C2ISR FOS Webinar will address three principal challenges via three interactive panel discussions. The first challenge is one of definitions. The integration inherent in Family of Systems will only be attainable if partners and services across NATO can agree on a unified concept both for FOS itself and the associated concept of "multi-domain". Shaping those definitions is the joint responsibility of defence and its partners in industry.

Second will be a discussion on autonomy within the OODA loop. The technologies equipped to enable a FOS approach have the potential to accelerate decision-making and significantly ease the cognitive burden on the warfighter, but only if forces can agree on an acceptable threshold for autonomy and overcome reservations that are as ethical as they are technical.

Finally, and most importantly, delivering FoS in practice will require a transformative approach to acquisition. Rapidly-evolving and software-based technologies - critical to FoS and multi-domain C2ISR - do not sit well with conventional approaches to requirements setting and procurement. In that context, this webinar will provide a good opportunity for industry to influence an agile and iterative approach to fielding future capability.

We are delighted to welcome you to the latest addition to it's market-leading C2ISR portfolio. We look forward to seeing you online in September.

Key Disussion Topics will include:

Enabling multi-domain/joint all-domain command and control in an operational context
Setting the foundations for a distributed command structure
Next-generation sensors and systems
Introducing autonomy into the OODA loop
Enhancing service-level integration and driving organisational transformation to accommodate cross-domain thinking
Refining and replicating a "DevOps" approach to acquisition
Increasing tolerance to risk to accelerate the integration of new technology

This session is not open to the media. Please do not register if you represent a media organisation

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SPEAKERS AND PANELLISTS INCLUDE:

Matthew Gillis, Acting Head, ISR, Land and Maritime Section, NATO De fe nce Investment Division
Dr Cagatay Soyer, Alliance Future Surveillance and Control Project Manager, NSPA
Group Captain Neale Dewar, Operations Branch Head, Cyberspace Operations Centre, SHAPE
Jacob Johnson, Director,JADO Programs, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Skunk Works
Mark Ashwell, Chief Strategy Officer, L3Harris Te chnologies UK
James McClellen, Senior Fellow Mission Integration, L3Harris
Rich Laing, Senior Scientist, Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, NCIA
Edward Hunter Christie, Deputy Head, Innovation Unit, Emerging Security Challenges Division, NATO HQ
Chris Middleton, Innovation Scout, JHub, UK STRATCOM
Colonel Bert Shell,Former Director, JADC2 Technical Division, Joint Modernization Command, US Army Futures Command
Lieutenant Colonel Mary Ellington, Requirements Division, HQ NATO AEW&CForce
Lieutenant Colonel Soenke Fischhoefer, Senior Geospatial Officer, European Union Military Staff
Lieutenant Colonel Aaron Celaya, Artificial Intelligence Liaison to Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability,Artificial Intelligence Cross-Functional Team & Deputy Branch Chief, Doctrine & Concepts, Headquarters United States Space Force