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US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has planned a strategic investment of $1.3 million in intelligence capabilities for the next fiscal year. The funding will be dedicated to enhancing Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), along with processing, exploitation and dissemination efforts, and improving tactical intelligence collection systems and databases. Gen. Bryan P. Fenton emphasised the importance of integrating technology with the skills of personnel to meet the evolving demands of warfare. Our update dives into the programmes and initiatives that the funds will be allocated to including the Special Operations Command Research, Analysis and Threat Evaluation System (SOCRATES) initiative which has been designed to allow for C2, planning, collection, collaboration, data processing, video mapping and automated intelligence analysis. USSOCOM’s budget request for FY2025 totalled $9.7 billion, covering intelligence, cyber defence tools and combat development efforts, underlining its commitment to addressing global security challenges. https://bit.ly/3U8OSTP #USSOCOM #MilitaryIntelligence #DefenseInnovation #SpecialOperations

DEPLOYABLE TECHNOLOGIES was selected as part of ABMS. The Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) is the Air Force's part of the Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) initiative, which is the Defense Department's vision for an open architecture that enables information sharing and communication across all warfighting domains. ABMS is a secure communications network that allows commanders and warfighters to share data from the field more quickly. The system's goal is to connect existing sensors and shooters, and distribute data to all domains, including air, land, sea, cyber, and space. #ABMS #AIRFORCE #KFORM #SECURE #JADC2

After experimenting with a more centralized structure for its mission deltas over the last 10 months, the Space Force now hopes to transition nearly all of its units to the new organizational design in the next year, according to the head of Space Operations Command (SpOC). The service announced the new unit structure, known as integrated mission deltas (IMDs), in September as a way to address gaps in readiness. The model brings a single mission area’s personnel, training elements, and maintenance and sustainment functions under a single commander and integrates additional cybersecurity and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operators. https://lnkd.in/gJMVa8Y4

Cyberattacks on Guam could sap US forces in Indo-Pacific, Nakasone says By Colin Demarest; 31 Jan 2024 Successful Chinese cyberattacks on critical infrastructure in Guam or other Indo-Pacific footholds could cripple U.S. military capabilities in the region, the leader of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command said. Guam is a key outpost for U.S. forces in the increasingly competitive area, where Washington thinks a fight with Beijing could erupt. The island serves as a logistics and munitions hub, as well as an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance node. An assault on the networks and information technology that support Guam’s distribution of electricity, water, food and emergency response could “have a very significant impact” on the options available to military commanders at the time, said Gen. Paul Nakasone. https://lnkd.in/gA3QseW3

Very true. Cyberattacks on Guam could sap US forces in Indo-Pacific, Nakasone says By Colin Demarest; 31 Jan 2024 Successful Chinese cyberattacks on critical infrastructure in Guam or other Indo-Pacific footholds could cripple U.S. military capabilities in the region, the leader of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command said. Guam is a key outpost for U.S. forces in the increasingly competitive area, where Washington thinks a fight with Beijing could erupt. The island serves as a logistics and munitions hub, as well as an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance node. An assault on the networks and information technology that support Guam’s distribution of electricity, water, food and emergency response could “have a very significant impact” on the options available to military commanders at the time, said Gen. Paul Nakasone. https://lnkd.in/efsbDPJ9

Cyberattacks on Guam could sap US forces in Indo-Pacific, Nakasone says By Colin Demarest; 31 Jan 2024 Successful Chinese cyberattacks on critical infrastructure in Guam or other Indo-Pacific footholds could cripple U.S. military capabilities in the region, the leader of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command said. Guam is a key outpost for U.S. forces in the increasingly competitive area, where Washington thinks a fight with Beijing could erupt. The island serves as a logistics and munitions hub, as well as an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance node. An assault on the networks and information technology that support Guam’s distribution of electricity, water, food and emergency response could “have a very significant impact” on the options available to military commanders at the time, said Gen. Paul Nakasone. https://lnkd.in/gA3QseW3

IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2024 | Special Session 5: AI, Cyber Defence and Future Warfare The International Institute for Strategic Studies 1 Jun 2024 Defence establishments around the world are grappling with the implications of advances in technology, including artificial intelligence, and their implications for cyber defence and the future of warfare. New technologies in this area could improve defence capabilities for all armed forces, though the gains are unlikely to be distributed equally. At the same time, all governments continue to face challenges in cyberspace including the need to defend against both cyber and information operations. This special session will consider how countries are approaching these challenges and how they are affecting geopolitics. Julia Voo, Senior Fellow for Cyber Power and Future Conflict, IISS-Asia General Timothy Haugh, Commander, US Cyber Command Lieutenant General Ahsan Gulrez, Director-General, Joint Staff Headquarters, Pakistan Armed Forces Admiral Rob Bauer, Chair, Military Committee, NATO  Mirjana Spoljaric, President, International Committee of the Red Cross

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An ICEYE article is out in a Korean defense specialty monthly publication, "Defense & Technology". 국방과기술 I wrote about ICEYE'S evolving capabilities, world's largest and growing constellation, advanced image modes, and opportunities that Korea can take advantage of for its national security and defense against threats. Coinciding articles about 425 SAR satellite launch and ADD/Hanwha's first SAR satellite images were also featured in the same journal, making this month's publication more of a special edition on SAR.

#Cyber is an integral part of all military planning and #operations spanning multiple domains like #space operations. Kopecky has been developing this #critical #connection, not just between cyber and space, but throughout #16thAirForce operations that expand the #globe. “I #integrate anywhere I can to help personnel understand the space #terrain,” said Kopecky. “For instance, how do space systems work, what are the #threat #actors, #adversaries in space — how do they #operate with #terrestrialnodes, #communications, #signals #intelligence, #personalities or any type of activity that is space related.” A priority effort for the United States Space Force 16th Air Force involves improving the #resilience of U.S. space #architectures and hardening #networks against #hostile cyber operations. Sixteenth Air Force’s #defensive cyberspace operations facilitates #resilient U.S. space architectures that various combatant commands, U.S. Cyber Command , United States Strategic Command and U.S. European Command , and U.S. Allies rely on. Emerging threats in defensive and #offensive counterspace operations makes Space Force and 16th Air Force’s symbiotic relationship vital to protecting #criticalinformation and #information #systems against cyberattack or network #intrusions. One of 16th Air Force’s wing’s, the 688th Cyberspace Wing , is the United States Air Force 's premier cyberspace #warfighting organization. They deliver #tactics, #techniques, and #procedures, defensive cyber operations and #networksecurity operations across the Air Force Information Network enterprise. The Air Force Information Network, a portion of the United States Department of Defense Information Network, is a complex #networked infrastructure that all U.S. #military organizations use to carry out their #missions. Assigned to the 688th Cyberspace Wing is the #33rdCyberspaceOperationsSquadron, which takes on the important mission to protect, #detect and #respond to threats on #AFIN 24/7, 365 days a year. “The 33rd COS also partners with Space Force to #provide various #tactics, #techniques, and #procedures, and #tradecraft tips used in the pursuit of performing Cyber Security Service #Provider functions across the enterprise to #SpaceDelta6.” Space Delta 6, under Space Operations Command , is the Space Force’s designated #CSSP for space-based systems. “The Space Force is just four years old, and we are starting to get #equipped to be a #part of #jointforce operational planning and #IW planning,” said Kopecky. “As the Space Force grows, my role will continue to integrate and #innovate Space Force #capabilities within 16th Air Force to #counter potential #threats, and #secure and defend Space Forces’ architecture that our operations rely on.” Space Command AU NATO Space Centre of Excellence National Space Intelligence Center UK Space Command Space Systems Command Space ISAC #LESCADRONDESSYSTÈMESDINFORMATIONOPÉRATIONNELSETDECYBERDÉFENSE (#ESIOC)