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DoD Representatives Witness NAVAIR NCW Capabilities

Pictured in the Warfare Simulation Lab at NAVAIR’s Air Combat Environment Test and Evaluation Facility (ACETEF), Ray Coutley, Technical Director for NAVAIR’s Network Centric Warfare office (AIR-4.0X), briefs DoD representatives on NAVAIR’s ability to simulate future NCW threats. Pictured from left are: Dr. Michael S. Frankel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for C3ISR, Space and IT Programs; Mr. Hugh Beatty, special government employee; Scott O’Neil, Director, NAVAIR Atlantic Ranges and Facilities; Dr. David S. Alberts, Director, Research and Strategic Planning, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for C3I; Mr. Owen Wormser, Principal Director for Spectrum, Space, Sensors, and C3, OASD(C3I), and Mr. John Robusto, Director, NAVAIR NCW office. AIR-4.0X is developing a decision support system that will enable cost and performance trades based on measures collected via laboratory demonstrations, modeling and simulation, experimentation and fleet exercises. As the lead Systems Command for Sea Strike, NAVAIR will integrate advanced NCW technologies and operating concepts, and design the blueprint for naval aviation to deliver advanced joint, allied and coalition network centric combat power.