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“Whoever can gather, process and exploit the most information in the quickest time will
win the information war and ultimately the fight.

With fifth generation aircraft being able to instantly share data with their fourth genera-
tion cousins, the Typhoon can become and an even more effective and capable jet fight-
er.”

Fifth-generation aircraft both generate disruptive change and live off of disruptive
change. Taking a fleet approach, rather than simply focusing on the platforms them-
selves, highlights their potential for disruptive change. Properly connected or interop-
erable with one another, the new aircraft can work together to operate like a marauding
motorcycle gang in an adversary’s battlespace.

Rather than operating as a linear force, the marauding motorcycle gang creates chaos
within the OODA loop of the adversary. In fact, the F-35 is really about shifting from the
OODA loop with the machine-man interface doing much of the OO and focusing atten-
tion on the DA.

By having an onboard combat systems enterprise able to respond in real time to the im-
pacts that the aircraft are creating in the battlespace, they can respond to the fractual
consequences of the battle itself.

Rather than going in with a preset battle plan, the new aircraft can work together to dis-
rupt, destroy, and defeat adversary forces within the battlespace. It is about on-the-fly
(literally) combat system processing power that enables the pilots to act like members of
a marauding motorcycle gang.

The fifth-generation aircraft enable the pilots to become key decision makers within the
battlespace and, if properly interconnected, shape a distributed operations approach to
battle management and execution.

They are key elements of C4ISR D, which is deployed decision making rather than data
collection sent back to decision makers for less timely actions. C5ISR D is the core capa-
bility that 21st-century military forces need for strategic advantage.

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