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Air Force Given Lead To Transition Joint Fires Network From Prototype To Program

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, September 19th, 2024

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Air Force Given Lead To Transition Joint Fires Network From Prototype To Program

Maj. Gen. Luke Cropsey is the Department of the Air Force Program Executive Officer for Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management. Photo: U.S. Air Force

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall this week said that the service has been named the executive agent to lead the transition of a prototype battle management system effort into an executable program, beginning with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. The Joint Fires Network (JFN) prototyping efforts have been overseen by the Research and Engineering Office within the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Indo-Pacific Command relied on its Joint Mission Accelerator Directorate to accelerate mission needs for the combatant command,…

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