New Insight: Senior figures discuss U.S. ISR developments

The proliferation of ISR technologies over the past decade of conflict in the Middle East and Central Asia has led to these assets becoming a mission critical component in operations. With new operating environments come new threat types and new capability challenges. In order to maintain information dominance the Intelligence Community needs to take the global lead and strive for intelligence generation, analysis and dissemination excellence.

The following interviews were conducted at the international iteration of the Summit in February 2016, where the subject matter leaned heavily on airborne assets, but also increasingly on sensor fusion, PED and data analysis. A number of senior U.S. Air Force and NATO officers - including Maj. Gen. Jerry Harris, ACC, and Col. Dale Van Dusen, AFLCMC - joined private companies operating in the U.S. and abroad, discussing the issues they felt were of most importance in this arena. As a taster of November’s conference, we encourage our readers to explore the developments in the specific realm of American military and law enforcement and identify ways in which integration, collaboration and innovation can be improved to progress ISR into a reliable and cost-effective posture…

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