{"id":17921,"date":"2020-07-26T18:41:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T18:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2020\/07\/26\/how-the-defense-department-is-reorganizing-for-information-warfare\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:08:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:08:48","slug":"how-the-defense-department-is-reorganizing-for-information-warfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/smr\/information-warfare-smr\/2020\/07\/26\/how-the-defense-department-is-reorganizing-for-information-warfare\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Defense Department is reorganizing for information warfare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

America\u2019s adversaries have targeted the military\u2019s weaknesses via information warfare in recent years and as a result the Department of Defense has made a series of moves to reorganize and better defend against such threats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While each service is undertaking a slightly different approach toward information warfare, Defense officials have said there is a broad buy-in to a larger vision of how to fuse capabilities and better prepare to fight. Collectively, they show the breadth of the movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are several ongoing efforts within the services and the Pentagon underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Navy<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon assuming the service\u2019s top officer in December, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday issued a fragmentary order outlining a variety of tasks for the Navy. Included in this order was a direction that the Navy will pilot a dedicated information warfare cell within a maritime operations center at Large Scale Exercise 2020 to more effectively execute space, electronic warfare, information operations and special operations forces into all-domain operations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Large Scale Exercise has been put on hold until next year due to the ongoing pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gilday explained that the results from the exercise will refined the requirements and timeline for these IW cells in all fleet maritime operations centers as part of the budget for 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gilday also required the Navy to develop a plan to field small tactical cyber teams for fleet cyber commanders, however, that also is still forthcoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Army<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army\u2019s primary arm for cyber operations has been working to reorganize and change its name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty in August announced Army Cyber Command intended to change its name to Army Information Warfare Command. Similar comments came from Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville<\/a>. It is still unclear when the official name change will take place.<\/p>\n\n\n\t