The Multi-Decision Advantage Sprint for Human-Machine Teaming wargame demonstrated that AI tools can significantly improve the Air Force’s command-and-control operations.
Budget documents indicate that the department aims to swiftly consolidate “software-centric C2 onto a single pane of glass” in the next year.
Formerly known as MILNET, the Space Data Network Backbone constellation will provide backhaul communications to facilitate data transfer for the Pentagon.
Pete Hegseth testified Wednesday at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Defense Department’s fiscal 2027 budget request.
Officials released a source-sought notice for the ANCHOR initiative.
Less than a month after the edict’s release, experts said the full implications of this major transition remain unclear.
“Over the last few years, we’ve built out the necessary software, hardware and network infrastructure — now it’s time to test it,” Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink said.
Maj. Gen. Luke Cropsey is being promoted to three-star general and will serve as military deputy for the Air Force’s acquisition, technology and logistics directorate.
“Combatant commanders need to be able to communicate globally. So what they plug into, it’s got to work and it’s got to be able to get data across different regions of the world,” DISA’s deputy director said.
This new program office would essentially fuse multiple DOD elements that have come to fruition since the late 2010s.
