The Defense Department is accelerating efforts to integrate cyber, space and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, according to the Pentagon’s top cyber policy official.
Speaking at Space Force IT Day, Katherine Sutton, assistant secretary of war for cyber policy and the principal cyber adviser to the secretary of war, shared the department’s vision for closer integration between sectors.
“This level of integration is the future of all-domain warfare,” Sutton said. “We're moving into an era where the lines between space and cyberspace will continue to blur.”
The department views cyber defense as foundational for maintaining a military advantage in space, particularly as AI technologies continue to reshape modern warfare.
“The proliferation of artificial intelligence will only supercharge the scale, scope and sophistication of this threat frontier,” she said. “Put simply, AI is making it faster, cheaper and easier for our adversaries to threaten our most exquisite capabilities to include in the space domain."