Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare

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United States Navy office naval staff position

The Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare is a senior U.S. Navy leader responsible for overseeing naval information warfare capabilities, including intelligence, cyber operations, electronic warfare, and communications.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Communications Networks (N6)	1
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare canonical	1
Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare (N2/N6)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7777365 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare
Context triple: [N2/N6 Information Warfare, alsoKnownAs, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare]

A. Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfighting Development
The Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfighting Development is a senior U.S. Navy leadership role responsible for shaping naval warfighting concepts, capabilities, and readiness across the fleet.
B. Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition
The Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition is a senior civilian official responsible for overseeing the Navy’s and Marine Corps’ research, development, procurement, and lifecycle management of weapons systems and technologies.
C. Director of Intelligence of the Marine Corps
The Director of Intelligence of the Marine Corps is the senior intelligence officer responsible for overseeing and integrating all intelligence activities and capabilities across the United States Marine Corps.
D. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy is a senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for developing and overseeing national defense cyber strategy, operations, and policy.
E. Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policies, and Operations
The Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policies, and Operations is a senior United States Marine Corps leader responsible for developing and overseeing service-wide operational plans, policies, and global force employment.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare
Target entity description: The Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare is a senior U.S. Navy leader responsible for overseeing naval information warfare capabilities, including intelligence, cyber operations, electronic warfare, and communications.

A. Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfighting Development
The Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfighting Development is a senior U.S. Navy leadership role responsible for shaping naval warfighting concepts, capabilities, and readiness across the fleet.
B. Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition
The Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition is a senior civilian official responsible for overseeing the Navy’s and Marine Corps’ research, development, procurement, and lifecycle management of weapons systems and technologies.
C. Director of Intelligence of the Marine Corps
The Director of Intelligence of the Marine Corps is the senior intelligence officer responsible for overseeing and integrating all intelligence activities and capabilities across the United States Marine Corps.
D. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy is a senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for developing and overseeing national defense cyber strategy, operations, and policy.
E. Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policies, and Operations
The Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policies, and Operations is a senior United States Marine Corps leader responsible for developing and overseeing service-wide operational plans, policies, and global force employment.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Navy office ⓘ naval staff position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States Navy ⓘ
appointedBy	Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
appointmentRequires	advice and consent of the U.S. Senate ⓘ
coordinatesWith	other U.S. military services’ information warfare organizations ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
fieldOfWork	cybersecurity ⓘ electronic warfare ⓘ information warfare ⓘ military communications ⓘ military intelligence ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	DCNO (N2/N6) ⓘ linked to: DCNO
hasDomain	maritime operations in the information environment ⓘ
hasOPNAVCode	N2/N6 ⓘ
hasResponsibilityWithin	Navy cyber readiness ⓘ Navy signals intelligence integration ⓘ Navy space and information systems policy ⓘ Navy-wide information dominance strategy ⓘ
inception	2009 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Arlington, Virginia ⓘ Pentagon ⓘ
missionStatement	to integrate intelligence, information, cyber, electronic warfare, and space capabilities to deliver decision advantage and warfighting effectiveness for the Navy ⓘ
nominatedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
officeHeldBy	senior flag officer ⓘ
oversees	Navy command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (C4I) programs ⓘ Navy cyberspace operations planning ⓘ Navy electronic warfare programs ⓘ Navy information warfare enterprise ⓘ linked to: U.S. Navy Information Warfare community Navy intelligence community activities ⓘ
partOf	Office of the Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
rankOfOfficeholder	Vice Admiral ⓘ
replaces	Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Communications Networks (N6) ⓘ linked to: Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare Director of Naval Intelligence (N2) as separate OPNAV codes ⓘ
reportsTo	Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
responsibleFor	information operations policy ⓘ information warfare requirements ⓘ naval communications ⓘ naval cyber operations ⓘ naval electronic warfare ⓘ naval information warfare capabilities ⓘ naval intelligence ⓘ
shortName	DCNO for Information Warfare ⓘ linked to: N2/N6 Information Warfare N2/N6 ⓘ
worksWith	Naval Information Warfare Systems Command ⓘ Office of Naval Intelligence ⓘ U.S. Fleet Cyber Command ⓘ linked to: Fleet Cyber Command U.S. Tenth Fleet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

N2/N6 Information Warfare → alsoKnownAs → Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare ⓘ

U.S. Navy Information Warfare community → commandStructure → Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare (N2/N6) ⓘ

linked to: Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare

Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare → replaces → Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Communications Networks (N6) ⓘ