Enhancing Global Security: UK Strategic Command’s Approach to ISR Integration and Emerging Technologies

In the current military operations environment, agility is key. New emerging threats are frequent, and C4ISR has become an integral part in raising situational awareness and responding to these threats. One way to enhance situational awareness is the integration of diverse (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) ISR platforms. By introducing advanced ISR capabilities and systems, global security and military forces are able to improve real-time intelligence collection, analysis, and dissemination capabilities, thus providing commanders with timely and actionable information to confront emerging threats.

Major General Matthew Jones is the Director ISR within Defence Intelligence for the UK Ministry of Defence, and is an expert on ISR platforms. Major General Jones started the role in August 2023, prior to that he was Head Military Strategy and Plans for the Ministry of Defense. This November, Major General Jones unit will be represented at IDGA’s C4ISR conference by Group Captain Keith Slack, Commander of the Defence Intelligence Training Group, but before the conference Major General Jones sat down with IDGA to discuss:

• Technology innovation in ISR platforms
• Responsible integration of ISR platforms
• What attendees can learn from UK Strategic Command at C4ISR

To hear from UK Strategic Command in person, as well as other ISR leaders from the US and its allies, be sure to register for the C4ISR summit this November 19-20 in Bethesda, Maryland. This two-day event will explore how the DoD and international partners are building out systems for Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control (CJADC2), as well as feature discussions on the integration of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and big data analytics.