Distributed kill chains : drawing insights for mosaic warfare from the immune system and from the Navy / Nicholas A. O'Donoughue, Samantha McBirney, Brian Persons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Donoughue, Nicholas A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Command and control systems--United States--Evaluation.

Command and control systems.

Information warfare--United States--Forecasting.

Information warfare.

Command and control systems--Evaluation.

Information warfare--Forecasting.

Forecasting.

Evaluation.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 76 pages; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2021]

Summary:

In Mosaic warfare, individual warfighting platforms are assembled-like the ceramic tiles in mosaics-to make a larger picture or, in this case, a force package. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing this novel warfighting construct to acquire, field, and employ forces. To reveal the value of Mosaic warfare and uncover potential challenges in the transition to this system, the authors of this report present a pair of case studies: (1) an analysis of the human immune system's response to pathogens and (2) an analysis of the U.S. Navy's Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air (NIFC-CA) project. Noting that the human immune system has evolved over 500 million years to exhibit mosaiclike properties-meaning that these properties have conferred some evolutionary advantage-the authors suggest that Mosaic warfare might have similar advantages, such as resilience and adaptability, over other approaches to defeating a threat. They then discuss lessons and best practices from the NIFC-CA project, which largely owes its success to its unique approach to development and fielding. For example, NIFC-CA used preexisting testing infrastructure; approached testing in a scientific manner, in which failure was viewed as a learning opportunity rather than a setback; and had a lengthy development timeline. From these lessons, the authors derive a cohesive set of policy recommendations for DARPA.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. One Introduction

DARPA's Path Forward

Organization of This Report

ch. Two Research Approach

Approach and Objectives

Case Study Selection

Immune Response Analysis Approach

Naval Integrated Fire Control

-Counter Air Analysis Approach

ch. Three Lessons From The Immune System

The Immune System

Analogues to Mosaic Warfare

ch. Four Lessons From The Navy

The Naval Integrated Fire Control

-Counter Air Project

-Counter Air Organizational Construct

-Counter Air Experimentation Approach

-Counter Air Project Documentation and Oversight

-Counter Air Development Timeline

Implications for Mosaic Warfare

ch. Five Recommendations

Programmatic Recommendations

Research and Development Recommendations

Test and Evaluation Recommendations

Limitations in Our Analysis.

ISBN:

1977406130

9781977406132

OCLC:

1227917836