UNCLASSIFIED • An All-Domain Advantage: Modem warfare will require a force that can quickly utilize all appropriate assets in a decisive and concerted response. As such, operational strategies and plans will leverage information from strategic-level commands; sensors across air, land, sea, and space; cyber threat and vulnerability sources; and logistics and resource systems. Additionally, executing these strategies and plans will require cutting-edge analytics of critical information to ensure conditions remain appropriate and opportunities still exist. Cloud computing must enable this data aggregation by providing compute and store capacity with the global reach and innovative services to realize data potential through a data-centric design. • Information Advantage for the Wa,fighter: The combination of access to a greater breadth of data and the growing use of wearable digital components, Internet of military things (IoMT), and unmanned systems (UMS) enable warfighters to transform cloud resources into an operational and tactical advantage. AI/ML must analyze and process large data files to inform the warfighter's decision. This will require computing capacity and innovative services at the tactical edge. Through mobile data centers and edge computing technologies, cloud computing must support these processing power requirements for our warfighters when and where needed. • Continued Innovation of Capabilities: DoD's weapon systems and mission capabilities will be increasingly influenced by and dependent on software. Abilities such as rapidly implementing or tuning AI/ML algorithms, immediately responding to cyber threats, and deploying new software to fighter aircraft in flight will be critical. Accordingly, fighting and winning on the next battlefield will be dependent on the Department's proficiency in the rapid acquisition, integration, testing, and deployment of new software and cloud computing capabilities. Cloud computing, applying continuous delivery of services models (e.g., Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps), Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery or Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)), and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)) must enable continued innovation of digitally­ driven capabilities while in the fight. 3. Goals and Objectives Delivering cloud innovation to the tactical edge requires modernization within all layers of the infrastructure. This modernization must meet the needs of a range of user-profiles in theater, from the warfighter operating outside the wire to the mission planner or I. T. administrator operating within an established base perimeter or U.S.-led humanitarian efforts. The following goals are specific for OCONUS modernization, taking into account the range of user-profiles and integration with enterprise cloud resources. 3.1. Goal #I: Provide Robust and Resilient Connectivity to the Tactical Edge Warfighters at the tactical edge must inform and be informed by strategic-level planning. The need to receive the most current information by leaders OCONUS or to provide the latest information to leaders in CONUS is crucial in operational planning efforts and in achieving a decision-making advantage. The warfighter often operates in environments with limited bandwidth, sporadic connectivity, or no connection to the Internet due to OCONUS infrastructure and/or physical limitations. This goal requires the ability to quickly and securely receive and send 2