WEBVTT 00:02.083 --> 00:03.639 - [Narrator] American and allied rotary and 00:03.639 --> 00:04.793 fixed winged aircraft 00:04.793 --> 00:07.446 bend the throttle across every sky on earth 00:07.446 --> 00:10.051 moving soldiers, equipment and gathering intelligence 00:10.051 --> 00:11.945 at any given hour of the day, 00:11.945 --> 00:14.013 at any given place on the planet. 00:14.013 --> 00:15.782 How do we safeguard these aircraft? 00:15.782 --> 00:18.111 The Aircraft Survivability Equipment Symposium 00:18.111 --> 00:19.475 in Huntsville, Alabama, 00:19.475 --> 00:22.558 an event sponsored by the Aviation Association of America, 00:22.558 --> 00:25.919 aim to answer that question and more in November. 00:25.919 --> 00:29.699 - We must realize the domains have converged, 00:29.699 --> 00:33.987 And I'm talking about ground, air, cyberspace and space. 00:33.987 --> 00:36.913 And because of that, and because of where 00:36.913 --> 00:39.325 technology is moving, 00:39.325 --> 00:42.632 we must rethink within the domains 00:42.632 --> 00:46.589 how we apply our solutions and our activities. 00:46.589 --> 00:49.381 - In this case, we're dealing with aircraft survivability. 00:49.381 --> 00:52.040 And we send aircraft into the third dimension 00:52.040 --> 00:54.556 and they're vulnerable every time they take off. 00:54.556 --> 00:56.457 They're vulnerable from ground fire, 00:56.457 --> 00:58.890 from RPGs, from kinetic weapons systems, 00:58.890 --> 01:02.047 to IR systems, all the way up to RF 01:02.047 --> 01:04.656 and even the acoustics in the signature 01:04.656 --> 01:07.977 can give our systems away and have them become targets. 01:07.977 --> 01:11.701 And so, it's how do we design the right equipment 01:11.701 --> 01:15.664 to put on that aircraft to protect it. 01:15.664 --> 01:17.805 - The key focus area for us 01:17.805 --> 01:21.121 is really getting the technology out to the users, 01:21.121 --> 01:23.928 out to the field as fast as possible. 01:23.928 --> 01:25.252 Which means that we're going to have to do that 01:25.252 --> 01:26.808 in smaller increments. 01:26.808 --> 01:27.876 I'm going to tell you right now, 01:27.876 --> 01:30.621 the days of pure fleet are probably gone. 01:30.621 --> 01:32.677 We're going to have multiple configurations 01:32.677 --> 01:34.930 that we're going to have to manage out in the fleet, 01:34.930 --> 01:37.892 but that's done purposefully so that we can 01:37.892 --> 01:40.485 get the best technology out there in the fight 01:40.485 --> 01:43.399 so that we ultimately are protecting our soldiers 01:43.399 --> 01:47.232 and they're allowed to complete their mission. 01:49.949 --> 01:52.455 - Coming from force coming over to the acquisitions side, 01:52.455 --> 01:54.600 it's transitioning from the tactical side 01:54.600 --> 01:57.103 to the business side of the Army. 01:57.103 --> 02:00.931 So I just bring that tactical knowledge 02:00.931 --> 02:04.232 and understanding of the need that the force 02:04.232 --> 02:06.451 has in the field. 02:06.451 --> 02:08.567 - For so many years we've been working against 02:08.567 --> 02:11.308 the IR threats and how we defeat down those 02:11.308 --> 02:12.845 man pads that shoot us down, 02:12.845 --> 02:15.249 but we're starting to more look towards the future with 02:15.249 --> 02:17.448 a near-peer adversary and how we're 02:17.448 --> 02:18.530 going to fight those threats. 02:18.530 --> 02:21.172 And those threats have the equipment that we have 02:21.172 --> 02:24.918 which is really strong RF stuff ... lots of radar. 02:24.918 --> 02:26.849 So we're starting to push the equipment 02:26.849 --> 02:28.765 to be better detectors and then 02:28.765 --> 02:30.921 push ourselves to be able to understand 02:30.921 --> 02:33.588 tactically how they're fighting. 02:34.437 --> 02:36.892 - Through sharing some of the things, lessons learned 02:36.892 --> 02:39.168 of the 160th over the last couple of years, 02:39.168 --> 02:41.290 there's lots of other people that can learn 02:41.290 --> 02:43.138 and benefit from those stories 02:43.138 --> 02:44.607 so they don't have to recreate the wheel 02:44.607 --> 02:46.879 and come up with their own solutions. 02:46.879 --> 02:47.907 Cause we've already done it so 02:47.907 --> 02:50.934 everybody's time is precious, right? 02:50.934 --> 02:55.767 - [Narrator] I'm John Higgins, PEO, IEW&S, Public Affairs.