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Despite adversaries’ attempts to imitate and interfere, the Air
Force’s command and control capabilities are the best in the world,
said the commander of Air Combat Command during the Air Force
Association Air Warfare Symposium on March 2, 2017.
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March 2, 2017 - USAF Gen. Hawk Carlisle, the Air Combat Command commander, speaks about the future of command and control and fusion warfare at the Air Force Association Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida. (U.S. Air Force photo
by Scott M. Ash)
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To remain dominant in the future, Gen. Hawk Carlisle, the
ACC commander, said the Air Force must combine its C2 (command
and control)
capabilities with fusion systems that bring information from
multiple domains into a sophisticated network that allows
faster movement through the observe, orient, decide and act
loop.
“If you want to get combat ID, if you want to
get weapons quality track, you have to get to fusion
warfare,” he continued. “It’s not just data – when you talk
fusion with multiple sensors across battlespace, you have to
get into the mechanics of how the sensors work. You have to
get into the algorithms, so that multiple pieces of data can
fuse at a level that gives you combat ID. That fusion is
hard ... but that’s where we’re trying to get to.”
According to the general, the Air Force has come a long way
in its C2 abilities, thanks mostly to predecessors like
former Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John Jumper who had the
foresight to put the service on its current path.
“When you look at C2 today, whether it’s the (air operations
center) doing a dynamic strike with the (F-15E) Strike
Eagles in a forward (deployed) area, or it’s a (tactical air
control party) calling in danger-close (close air support)
to help in a tight situation ... it’s amazing how we’ve set
ourselves up and what we do every single day.”
Carlisle said he believes the service will remain dominant
because of the talent of its Airmen and industry partners.
“We will always win, because we know we can deliver,” he
said. “We lead the world in precision, stealth, our ability
to deliver ordnance, and ability to command and control. My
belief is as we move into the future, what’s going to keep
us ahead of our adversaries is the ability to command and
control into fusion warfare.”
By Staff Sgt. Alyssa C. Gibson , Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs
Provided
through DVIDS
Copyright 2017
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