1. I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Headquarters U.S. Air Force 1 Meeting Strategic Challenges: Balancing Capabilities With Priorities Lt Gen David Deptula Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance 20 Jan 2010 UNCLASSIFIED

2. I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e A 20 th Century Vision from 1996: Joint Vision 2010 2 UNCLASSIFIED Information, network-based concepts enabled the U.S. to rapidly achieve military objectives in three conflicts and respond to crises globally in days vice months …

3. I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Changing Alliances 21 st Century Challenges 3 UNCLASSIFIED

4. I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Balancing the Challenges Organizations Jointness Interdependence 4 UNCLASSIFIED

5. I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Organizations Entering 2010 with organizational structures and processes based on the environments and challenges of 1947… Faced with the challenges of an information age 5 UNCLASSIFIED

6. I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Jointness 6 UNCLASSIFIED Allows a JFC to select and tailor the right service component core competencies that match mission requirements Jointness is NOT: Using equal force, every place, all the time Equal shares of the “action” or “resources” Homogeneity among the services … Jointness is about having the flexibility to put the right force mix, at the right place, at the right time for a particular contingency

7. I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Interdependence 7 UNCLASSIFIED With rising national security challenges and likely decreasing defense purchasing power, each service must act in concert with one another … Excessive duplication of effort among the services is unaffordable: Breeds inefficiency Promotes multiple, redundant concepts of operations Creates seams, friction, and disintegration De-synchronizes execution processes Where a single Service attempts warfighting independence rather than interdependence, jointness unravels

8. I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e DISRUPTIVE CATASTROPHIC IRREGULAR REGULAR Domains & Environments: A cautionary note… AIRSPACECYBERSPACEGROUNDMARITIME 8 UNCLASSIFIED

9. I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e DENIED CONTESTED PERMISSIVE 9 AIRSPACECYBERSPACEGROUNDMARITIME UNCLASSIFIED Domains & Environments: A cautionary note…

10. I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Balancing Focus Must Guard Against the Focus on Today Obscuring the Strategic Challenges of Tomorrow 10 UNCLASSIFIED Mid-term Mid-term Near-term Long-term Long-term Mid-term Mid-term Chinese Manned Space Program Revitalized Russian Mil Space Program Advanced DRFM Long Range AAMs SA-21 Nanotechnology BiometricsNear-term

11. I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Headquarters U.S. Air Force 11 The Balanced Force: Capabilities and Priorities Lt Gen David Deptula Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance 20 Jan 2010 UNCLASSIFIED

12. I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Future Integration is key … 12 UNCLASSIFIED Pre -2006: Stovepipes of Capability Post -2007: Global, Distributed, Networked Information Age Architecture… 2006 Air Force ISR Enterprise Example: “Stovepipes” of capability… No entity had what it needed “Ownership” became the “Mission” Information age technology enabled and information age construct: Integrated SIGINT/IMINT capability ‘for all’ Rapid, interdependent employment of tailored resources – globally flexible to the demand situation Information age demands a balanced force of interdependent forces flexible enough to integrate globally at a moments notice…