The AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., served as a critical platform for U.S. Army leadership to articulate the urgent demands of modern warfare. The overarching theme—“Agile, Adaptive, Lethal: Winning at the Pace of Change”—signals a decisive shift away from incremental change toward rapid, continuous transformation.
Our participation at AUSA reinforced a fundamental truth about the future battlespace: the digital domain is now the decisive domain.
The Core Threat: Speed and Cyber Dominance
Senior Army leaders were unanimous: the threat landscape requires a complete overhaul of doctrine and technology, including:
1. The Cyber Front Line
The message from the Army leadership was stark. As Major General Jake Kwon, Director of Strategic Operations for the Army’s G-3/5/7, warned: “The first shots will be fired in the cyber domain.” Future conflicts will not begin with bullets or missiles, but with cyber strikes aimed at crippling critical infrastructure, communications, and command systems.
2. The AI Imperative for Decision Dominance
To counter the speed of adversarial threats, the Army’s top goal is “decision dominance.” This means using technology to out-think and out-pace the enemy.
This hinges on AI-driven mission command—AI must act as the “nervous system” of the battlefield, sifting through massive amounts of data to give commanders faster, more informed decisions.
For the Army, using AI is not optional; it is critical to operate at the speed needed to react to cyber threats.
Securing the Network: A Multi-Domain Fight
The reliance on data and AI brings the essential challenge of protecting that information at the tactical edge.
3. Cyber is Not a Niche Capability
Brandon Pugh, Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of the Army, stressed that cyber can no longer be seen as an isolated capability performed only by specialized cyber units.
Integration is Key: Division and Corps Commanders now have access to cyber tools and must use them in conjunction with other assets, such as Electronic Warfare (EW). The future commander must be able to synchronize both kinetic and non-kinetic effects across domains.
Senetas’s Role: Enabling Trusted Speed
The conversations at AUSA directly validate our core mission. Achieving decision dominance requires speed, and speed relies entirely on data integrity.
At Senetas, we are focused on providing the foundation for this secure, accelerated fight: resilient, high-assurance encryption that protects the mission data feeding those critical AI and command systems. Our technology ensures that the information commanders are basing life-or-death decisions on is uncompromised, reliable, and available at the pace of the future fight.
We are committed to supporting the Army’s urgent need for transformation and helping to solidify the new digital deterrent.
