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SAN DIEGO - Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) leaders and senior decision makers served as speakers, moderators and panelists at this year’s C4ISR Symposium in San Diego, which highlighted the importance of “Bringing Actionable Cyber Capabilities to the Fleet.”
Held at the San Diego Hall of Champions April 22‒24, the event raised money for AFCEA’s San Diego Education Foundation, with 100 percent of the symposium’s proceeds donated to a program that encourages and benefits students and teachers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
SPAWAR was joined by industry, military, academia and other government organizations in discussions on how to increase the fleet’s cyber capabilities while at the same time ensuring the military maintains a competitive advantage today and into the future.
Kicking off the first panel, Capt. Kurt Rothenhaus, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific’s commanding officer, provided his perspective on the acquisition process.
"SSC Pacific has a number of strengths, one of those is our ability to rapidly align resources to support the warfighter's mission," said Rothenhaus. "We design great systems, but it's also important to install and provide proper training so the fleet can maximize the operational benefits of the system. We are a big part of that mission, too."
During a panel titled “How will non-kinetic cyber warfare and kinetic warfare be integrated in the future?” Gary Burnett, the organization’s lead for Cyber and Information Operations, offered his thoughts on the changing battlefield landscape.
“The DOD recognizes the need to enhance defenses against known vulnerabilities and decrease the effectiveness of, and increase the cost to, adversaries attempting to introduce new vulnerabilities,” said Burnett. “In order to deter the most sophisticated actors, we need to ensure the U.S. maintains the ability to deliver desired mission capabilities in the face of a major cyber-attack.”
On day two of the symposium, a group of SPAWAR experts discussed the importance of making big data relevant to the fleet.
“When making big data relevant to the fleet, it comes back to workforce development,” said Lee Zimmerman, SSC Pacific’s Industrial Engineering and Integration national competency lead. “It’s about having the right people with the right skills who can find the right solutions and build the right systems.”
Later in the symposium, SSC Pacific Executive Officer Capt. Bryan Lopez led a discussion on electromagnetic warfare (EMW) in which panelists spoke about the technical challenges faced in a fiscally-strained environment.
Dr. Steve Russell, SSC Pacific’s director of Science and Technology, identified three priorities when leveraging industry to regain the potential loss in research and development resulting from these long-term budgetary constraints. He reiterated the importance of informing industry and academia of government requirements and capability gaps; raising awareness of the technologies that industry and academia are developing; and looking for opportunities to collaborate more effectively, such as researching the non-federal acquisition processes that government could use when working with industry and academia to acquire new technologies.
Despite the current fiscal reality, almost all those participating in the event agreed that government must continue to plan for the future to ensure the military maintains a competitive advantage, starting with improving government outreach programs.
“As STEM professionals, we must realize that we have an obligation to give back to our profession and to our communities through outreach,” said Dr. James Rohr, an SSC Pacific scientist and outreach lead.
The symposium ended with two panels aimed at gathering “Feedback from the Fleet.” The panels were developed to give Sailors the opportunity to provide their candid opinions on the benefits and challenges they face when working on systems and with technologies provided by SPAWAR, industry, academia and other government organizations. The discussion helped participants better understand the warfighter’s perspective and the importance of providing the best cyber capabilities to the fleet.
As the Navy's Information Dominance systems command, SPAWAR designs, develops and deploys advanced communications and information capabilities for the warfighter. With nearly 10,000 acquisition professionals located around the world and close to the fleet, the organization is at the forefront of research, engineering and support services that provide vital decision superiority for the warfighter.
For more information on SPAWAR, visit:
http://www.public.navy.mil/spawar/Pages/default.aspx, http://www.facebook.com/spaceandnavalwarfaresystemscommand, http://twitter.com/SPAWARHQ, http://www.flickr.com/photos/teamspawar/.
For more news from SPAWAR visit http://www.navy.mil/local/spawar/.
| Date Taken: | 04.24.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 04.30.2014 14:33 |
| Story ID: | 128278 |
| Location: | SAN DIEGO, CA, US |
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