Current and future ISR involves the surveillance of a conflict area using a layered, multi-sensor approach from different ranges and altitudes. ISR includes the full spectrum of assets, from satellites to micro-sensors and micro-UAVs in development at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The objective is to give warfighting commanders a full, real-time picture of the battlespace.
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Focus on platforms and programs
must change, Jumper says
          RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Air Force must develop concepts of operations based on commanders’ requirements before it decides which programs should be funded to address those requirements, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John Jumper said Nov. 20.
          Leading off Defense News Media Group’s ISR Integration Conference: “Shrinking the Sensor-to-Shooter Cycle,” Jumper acknowledged that it will be difficult for the military services to move away from their heavy focus on programs and platforms. But he warned that if the military is to buy and build the right systems, it must first know how missions will be conducted. (more)

Improving the dissemination of information gleaned
from sensors will require changes in operations
          RESTON, Va. — An important step in closing the Air Force’s “kill chain” is providing information to commanders rapidly and accurately, but doing so will require divorcing the “science of controlling information” from the “art of commanding forces,” said Lt. Gen. Leslie Kenne.
          As the Air Force’s new deputy chief of staff for warfighting integration, Kenne has been charged by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John Jumper with “tightening” the kill chain, the intricate order of events that describes how the services conduct attack missions. (more)

Better battlefield information may prevent future attacks
          RESTON, Va. — The ability to gather information about an enemy and a battlefield not only will allow the U.S. military to conduct missions more effectively, but could also deter current and future enemies from attacking the United States and its interests abroad, the Air Force’s chief requirements officer said Nov. 20.
          Speaking at the Defense News Media Group’s ISR Integration Conference: “Shrinking the Sensor-to-Shooter Cycle,” Air Force Maj. Gen. Daniel Leaf, director of operational requirements for the U.S. Air Force, told industry and military representatives that keeping a constant eye on the battlefield and using technology that allows the military to have efficient predictive analysis could prevent future conflicts. (more)

What’s in a name? In this case, confusion
          RESTON, Va. — The Air Force is considering changing the name of the Multi-sensor Command and Control Constellation, one of the service’s new cornerstone initiatives, in order to reduce confusion in the service and Congress, according to Maj. Gen. Robert Behler.
          “It’s confusing a lot of folks,” he said of the name, which is commonly shortened to MC2C. (more)

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