U.S. Air Force Fact Sheet AFRL/RI CORE TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES (CTCS) Advanced Computing Architectures: Exploring computer architectures with greater capability, sophistication and openness for addressing dynamic mission objectives under constraints imposed by C4 ISR, and strike systems in order to establish, maintain, and exploit information superiority. Advanced Computing Architectures includes the interplay of computational models, hardware, and software. Programs: Architectures for Cognitive Systems PetaFlop Embedded Processing on Demand Quantum Computing Software Intensive Systems Embedded Technology Development HPC SWAPA SBIRS-Hi Risk Reduction 100K Infosphere Command and Control: Exercise of authority and direction by a properly designated commander over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of the mission. Command and control functions are performed through an arrangement of personnel, equipment, communications, facilities, and procedures toward the accomplishment of the assigned mission. Provides decision-support capabilities to the warfighter in order to rapidly accomplish the mission (e.g. reduce the "kill chain" timeline). Programs: Cascading COA Reasoner Alternate Mission Planning Techniques CPE Effects Assessment Methodology Full Spectrum Force Syncronization ACUMEN Causal Analysis Mehtods DASEA GRAS JASMAD TTWC Connectivity: Ground, air and space seamless communication to ensure the warfighter's information is available all the time, everywhere. Provides assured global interoperable, protected communications enabling timely information access and dynamic bandwidth allocation. Additionally, composed of Information Transmission, Airborne Networking and Enterprise Management functions. Programs: Next Generation On-board Comm Assured Access Anti Jam Comm BATNET Cognitive Network Nodes I2RAN JCAN NetOps Management Assured, Load-balancing Enterprise Modeling Cyber Effects TCATS Cyber Operations: Capabilities providing for a superior defense of the United States' critical information infrastructure required to control the information space. These capabilities include: protecting our own information space, detecting intruders and anomalous conditions, denying the adversary that same control, analyzing and correlating information to understand attack sources and intent, and properly, responding to malicious intrusion attempts to deny the adversary that same control and determining courses-of-action. The development of this comprehensive understanding, and the subsequent translation of it into a scientific discipline of information operations, becomes the basis for achieving Information Superiority/Dominance. The achievement of cyber-superiority comes through agile, dynamic and integrated defense, attack and exploitation of the information battlespace, seamlessly integrated with kinetic and other operations. Programs: Autonomic Response Cyber Delivery of PsyOps Cyber IPB (Intel Prep of Battlespace) Cyber Tracking Technology D5 Info Systems/Affect Humans Defensive COA Development Persistence Proprietary Hardware/Software Systems Analysis Red System Pub/Sub Architecture Remote Access Tools Self-Regenerating Incorruptible Enterprise Wireless IA Defensive Cyber Craft Global Cyber Situational Understanding Net-Centric Aware Cyber Defense CyberCraft XC -03 Secure Data Sharing Information Exploitation: Signals Intelligence, Imagery Intelligence, and Measurements Intelligence. Information dominance through the research and development of advanced technologies which intercept, locate and process raw data from intelligence collection sensors. The technologies developed address improved sensor collection and accurate location, extraction, analysis and correlation of both parametric and intelligence information for input to fusion, information understanding, and decision-making processes. Programs: Synergistic Airborne/Ground Geo-Location Channelized Personal Comm System Exploitation Multi-Sensor MASINT Signal Collection Information Fusion and Understanding: The continuous process that provides world-wide situational awareness in order to enable decision superiority. Research, develop, integrate and test innovative technologies that enable continuous assessment of global conditions and events; that establish and maintain battlespace situational awareness, including an understanding of adversarial capabilities and intent; and that locate, identify, and track red, blue, green, and gray forces anywhere, anytime in near real-time. Programs: Continuous Predictive Battlespace Futurecaster Object Track & /ID Situational Analysis Knowledge BOT Continuous Predictive Battlespace FASTER Model Comprehension & Analysis Self Learning Sensitivity Analysis < Information Management: Ensure information superiority by providing universal access to information in a tailorable information environment orchestrated to meet the enterprise objectives that continuously adapt to a changing operational environment. This will allow warfighters the ability to find and obtain information in the right format and level of granularity in time, based upon resources and priorities to support Communities of Interest (COIs) and enterprise processes and workflows. The IM focus area is further broken down into four initiatives--universal access, tailorable information environment, continuous adaptation to operations environment, and the orchestrated information environment. Programs: Agile Information Environment Brokered Federated Info Spaces Content Aware Info Mgt Installation Command System Polymorphic Services Secure Data Sharing For additional information please contact the AFRL/RIB Strategic Planning & Integration Division at: E-mail: RIB@rl.af.mil Phone: (315) 330-2041 DSN: 587-2041 Fax: (315) 330-2065 DSN Fax: 587-2065