The United States’ military homeland defense commands, the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the U.S. Northern Command, are facing more complex adversarial threats and current geopolitical strife, all while trying to modernize its technological capabilities to operate more effectively.
The two commands’ top cyber, data and communications leader, Brig. Gen. Eric DeLange, USAF, who is known as the J-6, is working to meet the advanced technology needs, but strives to only employ solutions that will work without failure given the urgent 24/7 operational needs.