2020 Department of Defense Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority Strategy
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capabilities for sharing at machine speed to benefit both in the buildout of cognitive EMS systems, near-
real-time processing schemas, and data mining and fusion capabilities. Integration is essential to construct,
compose, train, and effectively manage forces at the speed of 21
st
Century combat.
Validated intelligence data and accurate and current assessments underpin the success of EMS-
dependent systems. Systems and capabilities supported by DIE-generated intelligence data and information
include ES sensors and radar warning; EA active and self-protect jammers; near-real-time operations, and
Battle Management planning; EP and inherent safety; and integrated cyber and EMS operations. The data
requirements to support operations and analysis span all red (adversary/hostile), blue (U.S.), gray (coalition
or potentially friendly), and white (commercial/non-military) EMS sensor systems, associated support
equipment, weapons and space platforms, order of battle, RF telecommunications, combat support, and
modeling, simulation, experiments, exercises, testing, and wargaming.
Objective 2.3: Establish and Manage Architectures and Standards that Enable
Interoperability, Efficiency, and Information Sharing
To build an integrated EMS enterprise, the Department must establish and enforce architectures and
standards for all systems that interface with the EMS in order to support EMSO and enable international
spectrum sharing, coalition and joint force interoperability, and the rapid exchange of information on
EMSO-relevant timescales. The EMS architectures must follow a common methodology, with products
and outputs that are compatible with higher-level architectures for developing the overall picture and
supporting mission analysis. Information must be managed within multiple security domains and shared
external to DoD when appropriate with allies, mission partners, and the commercial sector. In addition,
DoD must manage EMS data consistent with current DoD-level data guidance to ensure it is accessible,
understandable, and reliable among all Services and agencies. Personnel and applications will be able to
locate and access trusted spectrum data in standardized formats, seamlessly integrated across all levels of
EMSO-related military activities.
Objective 2.4: Modernize EMS Live, Virtual, Constructive (LVC), Infrastructure for
Testing, Training, and Analysis
As EMS-dependent capabilities become more complex, the testing infrastructure (which includes
modeling and simulation) needs to evolve and expand to pace adversary capabilities. It must sufficiently
stress systems to the limits of their operational expectations. Capabilities need to be developed and tested
in operationally realistic EMOEs, which will also allow for experimentation of new concepts and
capabilities. The Department requires the ability to analyze and test EMS-dependent capabilities under a
range of realistic scenarios, from peacetime to wartime, against near-peer competitors, all while protecting
classified information.
A modernized DoD test and training infrastructure should contain an optimized mix of LVC
capabilities and blend realistic adversary, friendly, and environmental simulators/emulators with the
capability to inject synthetic entities into live platforms and provide operationally realistic EMOEs. This
infrastructure must leverage the DIE to ensure accurate modeling and simulation of current and anticipated
adversary capabilities. LVC components (e.g., models and simulation) should be validated to the maximum
extent possible by robust open air, land, and sea testing and support all levels of analysis.