WEBVTT 00:01.840 --> 00:02.760 I'm gonna go 00:10.360 --> 00:11.930 three or to update . 00:22.310 --> 00:24.860 Mhm . So the Chief architects office 00:24.860 --> 00:26.916 has brought an architecture to value 00:26.916 --> 00:29.860 field 22 called I WN integrated 00:29.860 --> 00:31.916 warfighting network that consists of 00:31.916 --> 00:33.971 two halves the half that you see out 00:33.971 --> 00:35.971 here in the pacific is edge connect 00:35.971 --> 00:38.670 which is a supplement to existing Air 00:38.670 --> 00:41.120 Force deployed communications gear . It 00:41.120 --> 00:42.731 takes the military satellite 00:42.731 --> 00:44.953 communications that traditionally comes 00:44.953 --> 00:47.064 with deployed communications gear and 00:47.064 --> 00:48.953 it supplements it with commercial 00:48.953 --> 00:51.176 connectivity . In addition to that , it 00:51.176 --> 00:53.342 has a advanced routing technology that 00:53.342 --> 00:55.231 allows you to use those different 00:55.231 --> 00:57.600 pathways simultaneously , augments 00:57.600 --> 00:59.767 current systems out there , we can use 00:59.767 --> 01:01.822 milk dot com , we can use commercial 01:01.822 --> 01:03.989 cellular , we can use commercial sat . 01:03.989 --> 01:06.211 Com , we can use a local lease line And 01:06.211 --> 01:08.322 so having that flexibility is the key 01:08.322 --> 01:10.378 aspect of edge connect that gets you 01:10.378 --> 01:12.378 multiple pathways back to your your 01:12.378 --> 01:14.433 home base priority number one is our 01:14.433 --> 01:16.100 support to deployed air force 01:16.100 --> 01:15.340 communications 01:28.870 --> 01:30.814 communications is the lifeblood of 01:30.814 --> 01:33.070 combat operations . I need to be able 01:33.070 --> 01:35.840 to synchronize with pilots in the air . 01:35.840 --> 01:37.951 I need to be able to synchronize with 01:37.951 --> 01:39.673 my my maintenance unit with my 01:39.673 --> 01:41.507 logistics . I need to be able to 01:41.507 --> 01:43.618 synchronize operations outside of the 01:43.618 --> 01:45.784 Air Force with the Army and the Marine 01:45.784 --> 01:47.896 Corps here . So edge connect has been 01:47.896 --> 01:47.740 linking all of those different com 01:47.740 --> 01:49.907 pathways together and providing a much 01:49.907 --> 01:52.090 more seamless and a much more robust 01:52.110 --> 01:54.166 communication that we can count on . 01:54.166 --> 01:56.520 Warfighters need Edge connect to enable 01:56.530 --> 01:59.340 the ace concept Aces , agile combat 01:59.340 --> 02:01.451 employment and if we are going to ace 02:01.451 --> 02:04.560 correct e go to austere locations . We 02:04.560 --> 02:06.510 need a medium that will be able to 02:06.510 --> 02:08.621 connect us to the forces that we need 02:08.621 --> 02:10.621 to connect to connect . Will enable 02:10.621 --> 02:12.677 that . In addition to supporting the 02:12.677 --> 02:14.899 Air Force communications kits , we have 02:14.899 --> 02:17.010 enough capacity now so that we can do 02:17.010 --> 02:19.232 other things in parallel as 2nd and 3rd 02:19.232 --> 02:18.140 priorities . 02:26.400 --> 02:28.622 Edge connect is providing basically the 02:28.622 --> 02:31.740 transport mechanism that that is 02:31.750 --> 02:33.806 allowing us to connect the different 02:33.806 --> 02:35.806 sensors and command and control and 02:35.806 --> 02:37.806 weapon systems together . That data 02:37.806 --> 02:39.861 requires dramatically more bandwidth 02:39.861 --> 02:41.806 than traditional data link type of 02:41.806 --> 02:43.639 information . So it's never been 02:43.639 --> 02:45.639 possible before because traditional 02:45.639 --> 02:47.806 military satellite communications just 02:47.806 --> 02:50.028 doesn't have enough capacity to be able 02:50.028 --> 02:52.194 to move that with edge connect for the 02:52.194 --> 02:51.400 first time . Now we provide enough 02:51.400 --> 02:53.233 capacity to be able to do . That 02:53.233 --> 02:56.100 translates into more opportunity to 02:56.100 --> 02:58.860 engage the threats at further ranges . 03:01.320 --> 03:03.542 Valley shield to things that we did was 03:03.542 --> 03:05.542 number one , we wanted to do a live 03:05.542 --> 03:07.709 fire and number two we wanted to do uh 03:07.709 --> 03:10.160 integrated fires with F 30 fives with 03:10.160 --> 03:12.327 the support of some of the M . D . A . 03:12.327 --> 03:14.970 Missile Defense agency civilians are 03:14.980 --> 03:17.270 tactical comms they had a severe 03:17.280 --> 03:19.502 assistance failure . Uh so without edge 03:19.502 --> 03:21.613 of connect , we were pretty much dead 03:21.613 --> 03:23.836 in the water . Edge connect provided us 03:23.836 --> 03:26.113 uh beyond line of sight communications . 03:26.113 --> 03:28.224 So it allowed us to have connectivity 03:28.224 --> 03:30.169 to different regions within within 03:30.169 --> 03:32.336 pacific for the edge connect here . It 03:32.336 --> 03:34.391 provided that common picture for the 03:34.391 --> 03:36.558 Patriot and the F 35 shots and then my 03:36.558 --> 03:38.780 site , the other site from com squadron 03:38.780 --> 03:40.836 that is currently in Palawan when we 03:40.836 --> 03:42.891 had , when they had some issues with 03:42.891 --> 03:44.836 their sachem terminals , they were 03:44.836 --> 03:47.058 primarily running off of edge connect . 03:47.058 --> 03:49.058 The enabling technology is software 03:49.058 --> 03:51.058 defined , wide area networking . It 03:51.058 --> 03:53.113 allows us to be able to provide mass 03:53.160 --> 03:55.920 and maneuver in the calm environment or 03:55.920 --> 03:57.980 cyberspace . It's a concept that I 03:57.980 --> 04:00.202 don't think we think about very much in 04:00.202 --> 04:02.258 a war fighting with comms . But as a 04:02.258 --> 04:04.424 concept that's very real because we're 04:04.424 --> 04:06.670 using a new approach to building a 04:06.670 --> 04:08.910 communications infrastructure or 04:08.920 --> 04:11.020 cyberspace environment is making it 04:11.020 --> 04:13.242 much more difficult for our adversaries 04:13.242 --> 04:15.298 to target the most , you know , that 04:15.298 --> 04:17.131 primary com link because we have 04:17.131 --> 04:19.353 secondary tertiary comm links that when 04:19.353 --> 04:21.520 one goes down we're gonna switch right 04:21.520 --> 04:24.270 to the other one . Yes , anything . 04:28.060 --> 04:28.530 Yeah . 04:38.250 --> 04:40.306 So every kit that we have out in the 04:40.306 --> 04:42.528 field is working and in some cases it's 04:42.528 --> 04:44.750 providing critical connectivity because 04:44.750 --> 04:46.806 everything else at that location has 04:46.806 --> 04:49.028 failed . We're able to have seven sites 04:49.028 --> 04:51.194 up on a daily basis . We've moved data 04:51.194 --> 04:53.139 from one end of the theater to the 04:53.139 --> 04:55.361 other . We've kept it up 24 hours a day 04:55.361 --> 04:57.417 without edge connect here at valiant 04:57.417 --> 04:59.361 field . We would not be connecting 04:59.361 --> 05:01.472 anything together . I mean it's it is 05:01.472 --> 05:03.639 the glue that's doing all of the heavy 05:03.639 --> 05:05.806 lifting to , to connect all the pieces 05:05.806 --> 05:07.972 together . This is potentially a spike 05:07.972 --> 05:09.972 and innovation just making it a lot 05:09.972 --> 05:11.806 easier for us to communicate and 05:11.806 --> 05:12.770 ultimately get the mission done .