Real Time Analysis: Does the Navy Have a Plan? Operational Information Dominance (ID) From Electromagnetic and Cyber Domains and Organic Sensor Data, Leveraging Commercial Technology

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U.S. Navy Information Dominance (ID) continues to rely on the collection of as much information as possible from the electromagnetic and cyber domains to conduct operations. However, with the increase in organic sensor data along with access to information that was currently outside Navy channels, data overload threatens the ability of the Navy to perform real time analysis. In the past three years the Navy ID community has chartered multiple roadmaps and vision documents nested within national policy to lead the way for decision superiority based on the information collected in the electromagnetic and cyber domains. As the Navy ID strategies begin to unfold into physical tasking the Navy needs to ensure the ID organization is aligned correctly to assist with the analysis of information gathered, innovation of the organization and leveraging the right commercial technology. With the military services operating under austere budgetary constraints and the rise of nefarious state and non-state actors acquiring low cost threat weapons, Navy ID has no room for failure. Navy ID needs to ensure they have constant home field advantage with their capabilities while operating forward from the sea.

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION * Background * Primary Research Question * Secondary Research Questions * Significance * Assumptions * Definitions and Key Terms * Limitations * Scope and Delimitations * Conclusion * CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW * Introduction * National Strategy * Navy Information Dominance Corps Vision * Current Technology Trends * Problems with Too Much Data * Summary * Conclusion * CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY * Overview * Design Methodology * Threat to Validity * Conclusion * CHAPTER 4 DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS * Structure, Policy and Goals * Organizational Innovation * Analytical Vision * Too Much Data * A Watch Center Use Case * Commercial Innovation * Commercial Similarities * Commercial Differences * Secondary Answers * Conclusion * CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS * Introduction * Conclusion and Recommendations * Future Research Topics * Summary