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This year for African Lion is very

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different than in past iterations .

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We've changed the exercise design

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methodology significantly , whereas in

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the past we may have focused more on

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readiness and interoperable training

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between us and our partners . We've

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taken a large look at incorporating

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innovation and technologies across the

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spectrum of operations . Primary focus

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for this began at the Southern zone

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headquarters in Agadir , where we

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wanted to build a mission command

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system . That was able to bring in

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partner releasable and shareable data ,

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US federated and unfederated systems ,

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and also industry and technology to

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feed into one , common operational

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picture . The way we did that was on

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our Maven architecture backbone , which

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is a program of record . And by the end

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of our incorporation of technologies we

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were able to soak in targeting data ,

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ISR feeds , technical data , and be

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able to share it , display it , and

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fight off of it in real time with our

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partners as they went through their

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exercise scenario . The second major .

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Your objective that we aim to

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accomplish this year was taking those

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same innovations and technologies but

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with a different flavor , taking them

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down to the soldier level and testing

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drones capabilities and autonomous and

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semi-autonomous systems , putting them

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in the hands of warfighters and saying ,

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hey , test these , break them if you

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have to , but give us feedback if these

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kits and equipment are ready to be

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employed against global challenges and

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threats . So the soldiers during the

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combined field exercise did just that .

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And they were able to provide real

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feedback to our senior leaders as to

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the readiness level of these

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technologies for procurement by the

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army and our partners , the joint force ,

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as well as their readiness to be

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employed in real conflicts . Our joint

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force takes away the ability to make

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real decisions based on that feedback

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as we look to continue to modernize our

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formation against emerging global

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threats .