The Department of the Air Force Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management has unveiled new strategic priorities aimed at enhancing the decision-making capabilities and resilience of joint and coalition forces.
PEO C3BM’s 3 New Strategic Anchors
The DAF PEO C3BM shared Wednesday that Maj. Gen. Luke Cropsey, C3BM PEO and 2025 Wash100Award winner, highlighted three new strategic anchors to strengthen the DAF Battle Network. He emphasized that the first anchor is to utilize a “deliver to depreciate” approach, prioritizing rapid capability deployment to address operational gaps and build stronger credibility and responsiveness with operational partners.
The second is to develop a comprehensive technical strategy for the entire DAF Battle Network by identifying technologies vital to mission needs. The PEO aims to unify the technical foundation of the DAF Battle Network, or “The Stack,” to accelerate the adoption of innovations. Cropsey asserted that to close mission threads, the PEO must actively manage key technologies by identifying weapons platforms, developing components and communications for each kill chain, then aligning schedules and budgets to deliver on the advertised capabilities.
The third anchor ensures that supporting activities are aligned with the implementation of the other two strategies. This includes accelerating delivery processes by eliminating bureaucratic obstacles. Cropsey further stressed the importance of operating faster than adversaries, particularly in procurement, requirements and resource enterprises.
“Our goal is to define a clear list of priorities by program, align our manpower with those priorities, engage with our key stakeholders and codify our plan and the resulting resource decisions to deliver capabilities to our warfighters now,” said Cropsey.
