Future Combat Air System Changing perspectives in Future Air Power Air Power Conference 16th of May 2019

Ioannis Papachristofilou, Head of Marketing Airbus Defence and Space

Western Air Dominance is being levelled

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Denied

airspace

through detection

Low

observability

Connected

battlespace

New

weapons (direct energy,

hypersonic,

etc.)

Unmanned

Autonomy

Spreading of next generation

Defence capabilities

New threats and battlespaces

A2/AD

2020+ Cyber

Space

Wars?

2060+

2040+

Future Air Power in highly denied environments will require the collaborative

capabilities of many pooled platforms

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Next Generation Fighters

teaming with Remote Carriers

as force multipliers

Operating across domains

Fully interoperable with

allied forces

1st circle

Adding the unique capabilities of

other platforms

Connected by Air

Combat Cloud

Collaborating through an

Air Combat Cloud

Operating as a collaborative system of systems

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Teaming with unmanned RCs as

force multiplier

Setting the right level of standalone

capabilities for the manned NGF*

CFX

NGF

Mission efficiency/survivability will stem from a flexible and scalable Next

Generation Fighter (NGF) collaborating with Remote Carriers (RCs)

* Using existing updated manned platforms is also planned

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Capability #1

Capability #2

Capability #3

Capability #4

Capability #5

Capability #6

Capability #7

Capability #8

Capability #9

Capability #10

Ensuring mission

efficiency/survivability

16.10.2018 Future Air Power // MUT Demo

Develop, test & demonstrate:

• Basic Collaborative Systems

• Capabilities & Technologies

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First Manned Unmanned Teaming demonstration successfully held in 2018

19th March 2019

Victory will stem from information superiority

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Human Machine

Collaboration

Warfare Analytics

Information Systems

Technology

Networks & Communication C

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Decisional awareness for Battle Management &

Mission Management

Human machine collaboration to allow humans

to focus on decision making

Data analytics for air warfare to provide multi-

domain military options

Interoperable information systems allowing to

disaggregate functions and aggregate data

Real time and/or near real time secured

communication across platforms

Prevention, detection and timely response to

attacks or threats

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19th March 2019

Where ACC capabilities will accelerate the C2 OODA cycle

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• Seamless access to data

• Automated optimal employment of

sensors across platforms

• On board Predictive Intelligence

• Shared, automated, and harmonized

picture

• Automated decision support systems

to plan & re-plan missions

• Provision of "smart tactics" in flight

• Central or distributed remote C2

• Automated optimal employment of

different platforms and effectors

Predictive Intelligence

built from previous &

current IMINT, SIGINT &

HUMINT observation

Multi-platform sensor

management & data

fusion

Multi-platform shared

decisional awareness

Decision support to

plan and re-plan

missions

Distributed control to

enable next-generation

multi-platform C2

Target engagement

capability from

interlinked platforms

Observe Orient Decide and Act Cyb

ers

ecu

rity

Human Machine

Collaboration

Warfare Analytics

Information Systems

Technology

Networks &

Communication

C2

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SP LOI

FR+GER HL CORD LOI INTENTION

INDUSTRY

Way Ahead

IOC

Eurofighter LTE

Spain HLCORD + LOI

Spiral Capability Insertion

Existing Fighter

2018 2019 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040+

HL CORD LOI JCS Co-lead

NATIONAL FCAS STUDIES

GE/SP JOINT CONCEPT STUDY

Next gen. fighter

Propulsion

Combat Cloud

Remote Carriers

Other Demonstrators (Sensors, …)

Demonstrators

Production

NGF + RCs Preparation & Development

Technologies maturation

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FCAS is a truly European journey

Abbreviations:

• HL CORD – High Level Common Operational Requirements

Document

• LOI – Letter of Intent

• JCS – Joint Concept Study