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5TH GEN
The way forward
Having outlined a way of understanding the battlespace and the need for C2 Agil- ity, I would like to offer two insights that describe a possible way forward.
The first is that the battlespace is best described as actions playing out on a smart fabric hosting smart nodes. In the 5th Gen AMF this is the role of FABRIC.
A system for the 5th Gen Force must be ho- listically designed to work together from the start. The ADF has acquired systems and plat- forms, then struggled to integrate and deploy them. FABRIC conceptually inverts this prac- tice and points to new tools able to fully inte- grate the future 5th Gen Force, no matter what capabilities are acquired now and in the future.
FABRIC bases its integration approach directly on the characteristics of the bat- tlespace and the need for C2 agility. FAB- RIC is intended to be:
• Smart – able to decide and take action rather than be a passive observer;
• Aligned–tothebattlespaceandC2agility;
• Flexible – engineered to be dynamically configurable, mitigate disruption, sense and
act on events, and exploit opportunities;
• Standardised AND Specialised – de- signed for and embracing both outcomes;
• Adaptable – able to operate across mul-
tiple scenarios;
• Sustainable – designed to manage com-
plexity, welcome evolution, and support
both commonality and specialisation;
• Plug and Play – allowing other assets to be introduced, interoperated and retired
as needed;
• Vertically Integrated – designed as a
whole not in parts; and
• A Critical Joint Asset – enduring, main-
tained and evolving for decades not a one-
off-project.
FABRIC will host:
• Technology – weapons systems, big data,
artificial intelligence, interoperability, se- curity, information fusion, information dissemination, communications and net- working;
• Tasks – the kill web (any sensor, best shooter), C2, Integrated Fire Control (IFC) and Integrated Air Missile Defence (IAMD), Intelligence, Surveillance, Re- connaissance and Electronic Warfare (ISREW) and post-action analysis;
• Platforms – drones, tanks, ships data centres and the myriad of other tangible items; and
• Training – live, virtual and construc- tive training within the operational environment.
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