The network transport layer is the backbone of next-generation command and control
Hybrid communications requirements will shape the Army’s data infrastructure of the future.
In a real fight, “if you're detected and you can't move, you will die. If you move and you can't reestablish comms, you will fail,” one officer told Breaking Defense.
Harsh Pant, an Indian defense analyst said, "I do think that India feels that what it has destroyed in Pakistan and the signaling that it has done by reaching out to key targets in Pakistan should create a new level of deterrence."
“I can't have every fleet commander buying their software or their robot. I mean, some of that can happen, obviously, but we do have to settle up," said Director of the Integrated Warfare (N9I) office, Rear Adm. Christopher Sweeney.
“We are seeing the strength of the joint teams that assemble to collaborate on the challenges of deploying autonomous systems including policy, software architecture, experimentation, and more,” said Pentagon AI chief Radha Plumb.
“We had battalions and squads with UAS that had not had them in that volume or at those echelons before. We endeavored to make contact with unmanned systems first,” said Col. Jim Armstrong, the commander of 1st ABCT, 3rd ID.
C2NG is the Army’s joint effort with industry to build a “data-centric” command and control system facilitated through network transport.
The US and Japan are "increasing the interoperability and planning of our militaries so they can work together in a seamless and effective way," US President Joe Biden said today.
In this op-ed, Timothy Walton and Mark Gunzinger discuss solutions to extend the reach of the US Air Force for a China scenario.
The Air Force can't wait when it comes to modernizing command and control, writes the Mitchell Institute's Douglas Birkey.
DoD Satcom Chief Mike Dean discusses how new, disruptive capabilities for SATCOM in LEO, MEO, and GEO are creating novel mission sets for all-domain operations and new ways of paying for it. He also provides a status report on developing enterprise SATCOM command and control.