With the return of so-called great power competition and a need for meeting priorities of the chief of naval operations \u2015 to include providing a ready and capable fleet to address the challenges facing the United States \u2015 the Navy\u2019s top intelligence official has indicated what intel might best support the CNO\u2019s to-do list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur greatest need right now is in the undersea [mission] and the modernization of acoustic intelligence. That\u2019s No. 1,\u201d Vice Adm. Jan Tighe said during a panel discussion at the INSA National Security and Intelligence Summit in Washington on Wednesday. \u201cUniquely understanding and being able to surveil and do analysis in the undersea is something the Navy has to bring in spades.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tighe also explained the need to be able to provide insights into adversaries\u2019 capabilities and weapons. These insights inform acquisition and help the force conduct modeling and simulation against threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In terms of intelligence readiness, Tighe described the Navy\u2019s as moderate, noting that measuring intelligence readiness is very difficult versus deliberate means of measuring ther service\u2019s aircraft and ship readiness. \u201cThe intelligence side really isn\u2019t just lines of [processing, exploitation, dissemination] PED \u2015 that\u2019s not sufficient to the need; it\u2019s getting after the outcome,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The intelligence readiness issue isn\u2019t so much about budgetary issues as it is about the conflicts in which the force has been engaged for the last 15-20 years, Tighe explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe global war on terror, the counterinsurgencies, we\u2019ve been in Iraq and Afghanistan, we\u2019ve been with SOCOM [U.S. Special Operations Command] \u2015 especially our intelligence forces are being drawn into that. \u2026 At the same time, getting them ready for a potential high-end fight with near-peer competitors is quite a challenge,\u201d she said. \u201cInforming that acquisition system with the science and technical intelligence that we need, that\u2019s a focus area for us to rebuild.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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