Centre Defence Enterprise

for

Enduring competition

Perpetual

Radical

£3M per year

Enduring competition

Challenges

Enduring

9 framework

Framework

Protection Lethality Human performance

Mobility Lower cost of ownership

Framework

Situational awareness Communication Data Power

Military context

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Functions of the armed forces

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Military power Projection

(Contingent capability for defence and

deterrence)

Forward engagement

(Standing commitments, orientation, conflict

prevention & overseas capacity building)

Defence of the homeland

(UK Engagement and Homeland Resilience)

Military power

Understand

Inform Influence

Functions of the armed forces

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Deterrent & operations

Prevention & goodwill

Help at home

Operational environment

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Deterrent & operations

Prevention & goodwill

Help at home

Congested

Cluttered

Constrained Contested

Connected

Future Character of Conflict

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Enduring competition

Part 1

CDE’s enduring challenges

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Communication

Data

Human performance

Lethality

Lower cost of ownership

Mobility

Power

Protection

Situational awareness

Communications

• Secure • Unsecure • Mobile • Novel Forms

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Communications – the challenges

• Size, weight and power • Adaptable networks • Security and assurance • Resilient networks

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Data

• Cyber • Big data • Visualisation • Interoperability

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Data – the security challenges

• Confidentiality • Integrity • Availability • Authentication

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Enduring competition Part 2

Human performance

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Communication

Data

Human performance

Lethality

Lower cost of ownership

Mobility

Power

Protection

Situational awareness

Situational awareness

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Communication

Data

Human performance

Lethality

Lower cost of ownership

Mobility

Power

Protection

Situational awareness

Mobility

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Communication

Data

Human performance

Lethality

Lower cost of ownership

Mobility

Power

Protection

Situational awareness

sea & land routes

CDE’s enduring challenge

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UK OFFICIAL

Communication

Data

Human performance

Lethality

Lower cost of ownership

Mobility

Power

Protection

Situational awareness