Cyberspace Operations Forces and Force Support

Mission — Cyberspace Operations Forces and Force Support source

U.S. Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER) is the supporting Army Headquarters under United States Cyber Command to operate and defend Army networks and deliver cyberspace effects against adversaries to defend the nation. ARCYBER pursues research and development of cyber-peculiar capabilities across ARCYBER's lines of effort in coordination with other cyber acquisition and research entities to satisfy ARCYBER's time-sensitive operational requirements. Previously this PE supported pilot and prototype capabilities to enter into Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) and Educational Partnership Agreements (EPAs) to provide rapid solutions to cyber via Technology Transfer (T2) mechanism. T2 enables ARCYBER to "SPIN OUT" its research and development advancements to industry and "SPIN IN" the best solutions from the private sector for the purpose of transitioning new capabilities to our warfighter. Will also have the authority for "Dual use" technologies that have both military and commercial markets to be transferred and transitioned. ARCYBER Technology and Innovation Center (ArCTIC) T2 fosters an environment where numerous promising approaches and solutions are able to be assessed in parallel to influence future capabilities. T2 provides ARCYBER the ability to influence future programs of record by prototyping solutions and assessing them against real-world environments to determine operational impact if transitioned and scaled. T2 activities will extend and promote this culture across all Army and partner scientific research and prototype endeavors. The ArCTIC capability and research areas are narrow enough to ensure that ArCTIC is remaining true to its core competencies, and broad enough so that the lab can accelerate development efforts across various technology readiness levels (TRLs) and capability categories. In FY 2026, this PE will provide the Army Service Component Commands (ASCCs) with persistent capability to execute operations which emphasize effects in the information dimension of the operational environment focused in five areas: (1) Enable decision-making; (2) Protect friendly information; (3) Educate and inform domestic audiences; (4) Inform and influence foreign audiences; (5) Conduct Information Warfare. This effort will field initial capabilities to the ASCCs in support of theater and transregional Information Advantage mission sets to fund Information Advantage capabilities. The capabilities support Army 2030 by enabling three Information Advantage Detachments, (USARPAC; USAREUR-AF; ARCYBER) to conduct Information Advantage Activities during competition, crisis, and conflict.

Mission — Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture Cyber Train source

Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE) supports the United States Cyber Command (USCC) by enabling the critical need for the DoD Cyber Mission Force (CMF) to train at the individual, team, and force level. PCTE provides the DoD CMF with a standardized training capability that maximizes shared content across the Services to include emulated network environments and has the ability to connect to other range environments and cyber training assets. The PCTE platform is aligned to the outputs of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment OUSD (A&S) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) J6 led, "Cyber Range Evaluation of Alternatives (EOA) Findings and Issue Paper Deliberations," dated 17 November 2015. The Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) was designated as the DoD Acquisition Lead for the PCTE and the program is directed by the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, Section 1645. With the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) validation of the Information System - Capability Development Document (ISCDD) on 4 November 2019, the PCTE program quickly achieved Milestone B on 6 December 2019. Through ongoing rapid prototyping efforts, the PCTE platform has fulfilled the critical need for a CMF standardized training capability upon release of PCTE Version 2 in Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2020, and continues to do so with ongoing version releases.

Mission — Cyberspace Operations Forces and Force Support source

* The ARCYBER TIAD is the Global Integrator to synchronize information forces across warfighting functions specifically leveraging command and control, fires, and intelligence. * The ARCYBER TIAD has the unique ability to leverage large data sets to synchronize informational considerations with operational requirements, integrate and enhance the combined information overlay (CIO), and assist targeting and assessments by sensing signatures only manifested through Public/Commercially Available Information (PAI/CAI). * The ARCYBER TIAD enhances the speed and precision of the Commanders' decision-making cycle, ensuring they can quickly sense, understand, and act to stay ahead of adversaries by integrating with external resources to conduct offensive operations to deny, degrade, destroy, and manipulate (D3M) the enemy's decision-making process. * The ARCYBER TIAD provides commanders the ability to protect critical nodes physically and virtually, to gain and maintain advantage while utilizing active and passive protection measures to enhance operational and cyberspace security under constant adversary observation. * The ARCYBER TIAD will focus on priority adversary threats as articulated in the National Defense Strategy (NDS). Trans-Regional threats can act from anywhere against any target. The ARCYBER TIAD is uniquely capable to provide command and control to coordinate and synchronize information forces globally against those threats.

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