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The Maritime Services, the Allies and Shaping the Kill Web

Advanced Hawkeye, all have the same dynamic modernization potential to which will be involved in all
combat challenges of maritime operations.

It is about shaping a combat learning cycle in which software can be upgraded as the user groups shape real
time what core needs they see to rapidly deal with the reactive enemy. All military technology is relative to a
reactive enemy. It is about the arsenal of democracy shifting from an industrial production line to a clean
room and a computer lab as key shapers of competitive advantage.

The fifth point is about weaponization and its impact. We have focused for years on the need for a weapons
revolution since the U.S. forces, and as core allies are building common platforms with the growth potential to
operate new weapons as they come on line. The P-8 is flying with a weapon load out from the past, but as
we move forward, the ability of the P-8 to manage off board weapons or organic weapons will be enabled.

For example, there is no reason a high speed cruise or hypersonic missile on the hard points of the P-8 could
not be loaded and able to strike a significant enemy combat asset at great distance and speed. We can look
forward to the day when P-8s crews will receive a Navy Cross for sinking a significant enemy surface
combatant.

In short, the P-8/Triton is at the cutting edge of naval air transformation within the entire maritime combat
enterprise. And the US Navy is not doing this alone, as core allies are part of the transformation from the
ground up.

For our special report on our visit to Jax/Navy, see the following:
http://www.sldinfo.com/the-arrival-of-a-maritime-domain-awareness-strike-capability-the-impact-of-the-p-
8triton-dyad/

Shaping a Manned-Unmanned ISR/Strike Capability at Sea: The Case of

the Fire Scout and the MH-60S
2017-07-23 By Robbin Laird

A key element of evolving naval power is the ability to integrate unmanned with manned assets aboard the
sea base.

This is not only a work in progress, but a capability which will evolve over time with the technology, the
operational experience and the ability to leverage the shift in culture which this integration brings to the fleet.

With the framing of the distributed lethality and kill web concepts, the US Navy and Marine Corps team are
focused on distributing and dynamically integrating C2 with ISR with strike capabilities.

The very nature of distributed warfare means that the shift is from looking at a ship simply from the
standpoint of what organically is on that ship, to how that ship contributes to the battle fleet by contributing
assets to that fleet.

We have looked earlier at two key examples of how the US Navy and Marine Corps are working manned
and unmanned integration.

The first is the shaping of a new maritime domain awareness strike enterprise built around synergy between
the P-8 and the Triton.

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