US SPACE FORCE will allow us to move faster and integrate . The whole process of learning is very human .”
A historic problem in the US military – as a whole – has been a lack of communication between different services . But that cultural barrier is also lifting , as the various branches of the military see the efficiencies of working together to experiment , innovate , and implement in the digital realm . Crider says , “ We have a regular battle rhythm of activities that go on where we are actively partnering across all of the services as part of this joint , all-domain command and control set of capabilities , which is one piece of an overall set of joint warfighting concepts coming out of the joint staff within the US military .”
It ’ s not restricted to digital implementations either , with a core aim being to establish these joint practices in the field , leading to efficiencies and increased success in operational missions . It ’ s a process of learning and adapting , too .
Buddying up Partnerships are crucial to the Space Force ’ s work – there are large scale implementations in cloud computing , software development , software platforms , Platform-as-a-Service and data analytics . Being a small agency by design , partnerships have increased weight . “ We were built to be a small service ,” Crider acknowledges . “ We make no apologies for being small . We ’ re designing ourselves to be lean , agile , and innovative from the start and we ’ re going to capitalise on everything that being a small service allows us to do , including creating force-multiplying opportunities for ourselves by building strong partnerships with the science and technology community . We want to continue to partner with the big , the medium , and the small startups because they ’ re the ones bringing all these great ideas to us and helping us to advance .”
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