WEST 2022

SIGNAL Media Reporting on WEST 2022

Meeting the Maritime Challenge Will Require Careful Resource Allocation

It’s more than funding that the sea services must exploit efficiently.

The three sea service chiefs describe their resource challenges in the final panel at WEST 2022. Photo by Michael Carpenter

Navy Uses Information Technology To Enable Information Technology

Many of the challenges wrought by new capabilities can be met by information innovation.

Rear Adm. Kurt Rothenhaus, USN, program executive officer (PEO) C4I, speaks at WEST 2022. Photo by Michael Carpenter

Panelists Challenge U.S. Navy's Strategic Thinking

Short-term strategies may not fully enable innovation.

Panelists at WEST 2022 explore new strategy approaches for the Navy. Photo by Michael Carpenter

Navy Focuses on Internal Change to Sustain and Innovate

Improving existing platforms is connected to introducing new ones.

Adm. Frank Morley, USN, principal military deputy assistant secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition), describes how new program approaches are speeding innovation in major Navy procurements during WEST 2022. Photo by Michael Carpenter

The Vision and Need for JADC2 Remains

China is the reason why the U.S. military is pursuing joint all-domain operations and capabilities.

The ability to conduct Joint all domain command and control is absolutely essential to face the threat from China, leaders say. U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Watson, 25th ASOS Radio Frequency Transmissions craftsman, left, briefs Gen. Ken Wilsbach, Pacific Air Forces commander, center, and Chief Master Sgt. David Wolfe, PACAF command chief, about joint all-domain command and control capabilities at Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii, April 23, 2021. Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nick Wilson

Panelists at WEST 2022 discuss network security and JADC2. Photo by Michael Carpenter

Approaches, Architectures to Drive New Technologies

How you build is as important as what you build in defining the future.

A panel of industry experts explore the hows and whats of the technology future at WEST 2022. Photo by Michael Carpenter

Command and Control Begins With People

Pacific Fleet commander prioritizes information ops.

Adm. Samuel Paparo, USN, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, speaks at WEST 2022. Photo by Michael Carpenter

An MQ-9 Sea Guardian unmanned maritime surveillance aircraft system flies over the littoral combat ship USS Coronado in the Pacific Ocean in April, 2021, during U.S. Pacific Fleet's Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem 21. At a recent conference, the fleet commander emphasized the need for trusted relationships and information sharing with allies and for long-range strike weapons.

Navy Extends Information Warfare Deeper

The sea service is embedding skilled operators into more disciplines.

Vice Adm. Kelly Aeschbach, USN, commander, Naval Information Forces, describes the Navy's information warfare thrust at WEST 2022. Photo by Michael Carpenter

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