Army IBCS: Joint, Up To A Point

Army IBCS: Joint, Up To A Point
Army IBCS: Joint, Up To A Point

The Army’s eager to link its missile defense C2 network to the Air Force, Navy, and Marines – as long as that doesn’t slow the millisecond timing required to hit high-speed targets.

MDA: All-Domain C2 Key To Countering Hypersonic Missiles

MDA: All-Domain C2 Key To Countering Hypersonic Missiles
MDA: All-Domain C2 Key To Countering Hypersonic Missiles

“We’ll take anybody’s sensors,” MDA’s John Bier said, “as long as it contributes to the missile warning, missile defense and space domain environment.”

Hyten: All Domain Drives Requirements Shakeup

Hyten: All Domain Drives Requirements Shakeup
Hyten: All Domain Drives Requirements Shakeup

“The JROC tended to be a receiver of requirements from services, not a generator of requirements for the services to meet,” Gen. Hyten said. “That’s not what was intended by Congress.”

Army Targeting Goggles, VR Training May Use JEDI Cloud

Army Targeting Goggles, VR Training May Use JEDI Cloud
Army Targeting Goggles, VR Training May Use JEDI Cloud

The Army’s building a detailed VR map of the planet and the service’s CIO sees JEDI as the logical place to host such a massive database.

ABMS Can’t Be ‘Sole Solution’ For Joint C2, Army Tells Air Force — Exclusive

ABMS Can’t Be ‘Sole Solution’ For Joint C2, Army Tells Air Force — Exclusive
ABMS Can’t Be ‘Sole Solution’ For Joint C2, Army Tells Air Force — Exclusive

The Air Force is pushing ABMS as the backbone for future Joint All Domain Command & Control. Can the network scale up from hundreds of aircraft to thousands of ground troops?

Army Chief Seeks ‘Minimally Manned’ Vehicles, Joint C2

Army Chief Seeks ‘Minimally Manned’ Vehicles, Joint C2
Army Chief Seeks ‘Minimally Manned’ Vehicles, Joint C2

Gen. James McConville wants to connect Army networks with the Air Force and replace some soldiers — not all — with automation.

Army Generals Converge On Classified Air Force Conference For JADC2 Talks

Army Generals Converge On Classified Air Force Conference For JADC2 Talks
Army Generals Converge On Classified Air Force Conference For JADC2 Talks

Dozens of generals — and one admiral — will convene at Nellis Air Force Base next week.

Breaking D’s 2019 Top Five: From Multi-Domain Ops To Killer Robots

Breaking D’s 2019 Top Five: From Multi-Domain Ops To Killer Robots
Breaking D’s 2019 Top Five: From Multi-Domain Ops To Killer Robots

Breaking D has been at the forefront in reporting the Pentagon’s shift toward a new way of war, Multi-Domain Operations, since Day 1.

Who’ll Fix EW? Task Force Gropes For Answers

Who’ll Fix EW? Task Force Gropes For Answers
Who’ll Fix EW? Task Force Gropes For Answers

Russian and Chinese jammers could cripple US radio, radar, and GPS. The Pentagon’s still wrestling with who should fix that, let alone how.

OSD & Joint Staff Grapple With Joint All-Domain Command

OSD & Joint Staff Grapple With Joint All-Domain Command
OSD & Joint Staff Grapple With Joint All-Domain Command

The armed services agree they need to work together better — they just don’t agree on how. Now the Joint Staff is taking a hand.

EXCLUSIVE Pentagon’s AI Problem Is ‘Dirty’ Data: Lt. Gen. Shanahan

EXCLUSIVE Pentagon’s AI Problem Is ‘Dirty’ Data: Lt. Gen. Shanahan
EXCLUSIVE Pentagon’s AI Problem Is ‘Dirty’ Data: Lt. Gen. Shanahan

The military has all the data it needs to train machine learning algorithms for war – somewhere. Now the Joint AI Center has to find it all and clean it up. The goal: AI Ready data.

Air Force ABMS: One Architecture To Rule Them All?

Air Force ABMS: One Architecture To Rule Them All?
Air Force ABMS: One Architecture To Rule Them All?

The Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System is growing from an alternative to JSTARS to a multi-domain mega-network to connect all four services in future wars. Is this a revolution or overreach?

Target, Kaliningrad: Air Force Puts Putin On Notice

Target, Kaliningrad: Air Force Puts Putin On Notice
Target, Kaliningrad: Air Force Puts Putin On Notice

The threat of long-range missile launchers in the Russian enclave is driving the Air Force to develop new tactics for multi-domain attack and dispersed defense.

Army Multi-Domain Wargame Reveals C2 Shortfalls

Army Multi-Domain Wargame Reveals C2 Shortfalls
Army Multi-Domain Wargame Reveals C2 Shortfalls

In a massive simulated conflict, the human players adapted rapidly to futuristic technologies and tactics. But their command-and-control software couldn’t keep up.