1. Air Force Data Strategy
Maj Gen Kim Crider
Air Force Chief Data Officer
This Briefing is UNCLASSIFIED

2. The Need to Leverage Data
War is ninety percent information. Napoleon Bonaparte, French Military and Political Leader
Whoever Leads in AI will Rule the World.
Vladimir Putin
WISDOM
Potential
UNDERSTANDING
Possible
KNOWLEDGE
Probable
INFORMATION
Providence
DATA
Pedigree
VISUALIZE ACCESS UNDERTAND LINK TRUST
“We have moved from a War of Attrition to a War of Cognition.”
General David L. Goldfein, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force

3. Challenges to Accelerating the OODA Loop
Hard to Find
Stovepipe Systems
Limited Metadata
Multiple
Formats
Interfaces
Not
Interoperable
Serial
Data Sharing
Lack of Standards
Cumbersome Process to Request Access
Incomplete, Poor Quality Data
“Data is the New Oil”
Manually
Intensive
Integration
Over 80% of the Time is Spent Prepping the Data Before it Can Be Used

4. AF Data Strategy
Transform the AF to Leverage Data as a Strategic Asset
Register Authoritative Data Sources
Catalog Information
Establish Authorized Access
Measure Trustworthiness & Timeliness; Apply Protection
Illustrate Data Relationships and Meaningful Metadata
Apply Standards & Open APIs
Frictionless Interoperability
Data Management & Architecture
Data Assessment & Enablement
Data
Advocacy
Strategy, Policy & Governance
Transform the Culture to a Data-driven Organization
Data Fit for Purpose; Empower Use of AI and ML
Data Policy & Standards
Enterprise-wide Governance
Enterprise Information Model
Data Management
Right Data - Right Place - Right Time - Right Context

5. Use Case Driven Approach
Define Problem
Identify, Capture,
& Prepare Data
Execute Hypothesis
Develop
Results &
Recommendations
Sample Problem Sets
OBSERVE
ORIENT
DECIDE
ACT
Manpower Production Agility
Offer & Schedule Training to Meet Changing Needs
Asset Management
Predictive (condition based) maintenance by asset type, make smart demolish vs sustain decisions;
Training Effectiveness
Right Exercises – Right Timing – Aligned to Readiness
A4 – F16, Improve F16 utilization for sortie generation
Quantum Illustrate Budget to execution
Total Force Utilization
Prioritize Supply to Demand; Informed Impact of Trades
Aircraft Utilization Rate
Increase Sortie Generation
Work Smarter, Not Harder to Restore Readiness – Increase Lethality

6. Conceptual Architecture
Operators
Mission Owners
Functional SMEs
Analysts
Leaders
ADS Store – List of authoritative data sources (includes information asset production sources)
Analytics Platform– Trusted Enterprise Environment for Big Data Analytics with Algorithm Library and Access to Analytic and & Visualization Tools
Enterprise Data Dictionary – Data element level glossary (for the purpose of rationalizing enterprise vocabulary)
Services Registry – Collection of descriptions of enterprise services that utilize cataloged information assets
Information Asset Catalog – Directory of aggregated data elements with corresponding metadata and contextual information
“Does it Connect – Can it Share – Does it Learn?”

7. Linking Digital Innovation Initiatives
Project Maven/ AI & Machine Learning
ISR Fusion Warfare
Digital Logistics/Smart Flightline/Condition Based Maintenance
Talent Management Digital Transformation
Multi-Domain C2
Nuclear Enterprise Health
AF Readiness & Safety Analytics
Big Data Analytics for Suicide Prevention
Knowledge Operations
Partnering with MAJCOMs, DCSs, Service Components,
Units, Labs, Academia, & Industry

8. Key Milestones Dec 18: Full Operational Capability
Jun 18: Formalize Concept of Operations
Apr 18: Formalize Architecture
Mar 18: Formalize Data Strategy
Feb 18: Initial Operational Capability
Oct 17: Organize for IOC

9. “The Air Force’s ability to continue to adapt and
respond faster than our
potential adversaries
is the greatest challenge
we face over the next
30 years.”
Gen Mark A. Welsh III, USAF, Ret.
20th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force