Indo-Pacific Command to test prototype of Joint Fires Network this year
The first version of the JFN will be tested at the Valiant Shield exercise, Adm. John Aquilino said.
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A medium range ballistic missile target is launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, as part of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Flight Test Aegis Weapon System 31 Event 1a (FTM-31 E1a), held on March 30, 2023 in cooperation with the U.S. Navy. (MDA photo) Emerging Tech -
Ships from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Republic of Korea Navy, and U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, sail together during a trilateral exercise, Jan. 16, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Isaiah M. Williams) IT Navy plans to spend more than $700M on secretive Project Overmatch across FYDP
The initiative is the Navy’s contribution to the Pentagon’s Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) effort.
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The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group transits the Pacific Ocean Jan. 25, 2020. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason Isaacs) Tech Over-the-air updates now ‘matter of course’ through Project Overmatch
Since delivering Project Overmatch capabilities to Carrier Strike Group 1, additional strike groups have been equipped.
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Master Sgt. Kyle Pearson (left), Headquarters Air Mobility Command expeditionary communications functional area manager, and Tech. Sgt. Kevin Koenig, 621st Contingency Response Support Squadron tactical radio communications section chief, provides communication from a Nomad GCS Tactical Control Vehicle at a simulated austere base during the Advanced Battle Management System exercise on Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Sept. 1, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cory D. Payne) Tech Pentagon eyeing ‘bridging’ solutions for JADC2
The Defense Department wants new capabilities for Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative.
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The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) conducts an underway replenishment with USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE 9) in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 5, 2021 during Large Scale Exercise. (Photo by Mark Perdue) IT Navy to test Project Overmatch capabilities during Large Scale Exercise
The next iteration of the biennial event will loop in nine maritime operations centers, six carrier strike groups, three amphibious ready groups, 25 ships and submarines, more than 50 “virtual” ships, and 25,000 sailors and Marines.
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KITTERY, ME. Nov. 17, 2022, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard: Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti meets with leadership at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard during a visit which included briefs on the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program and Naval Sustainment System – Shipyards. (U.S. Navy photo by Jim Cleveland/Released). Tech Biden picks next CNO, vice chief, Pacific commanders
President Biden on Friday announced that he will nominate Adm. Lisa Franchetti to be the next chief of naval operations.
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Subcommittee chairman Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) speaks during a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies and Innovation hearing about artificial intelligence on Capitol Hill July 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on barriers that prevent the Department of Defense from adopting and deploying A.I. effectively and the risks from adversarial A.I. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) AI In wake of Project Maven, Pentagon urged to launch new ‘pathfinder’ initiatives to accelerate AI
Congress should incentivize and invest in each military branch establishing a new “pathfinder project” or grand challenge-like programs unique to their specific needs, House lawmakers were told.
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DefenseScoop’s Brandi Vincent interviews Maynard Holliday at DefenseTalks 2023. AI Pentagon planning joint development efforts for ‘multimodal’ generative AI
The Defense Department’s quest for generative artificial intelligence technologies is complicated by the fact that it wants “multimodal” capabilities.
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PHILIPPINE SEA (April 8, 2023) A U.S. Navy Sailor launches an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the ÒMighty ShrikesÓ of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joseph Calabrese) IT Gilday: 7th Fleet to receive Project Overmatch capabilities
After the Navy wraps up experimentation with the USS Carl Vinson, the service is planning to roll out its Project Overmatch capabilities in the Indo-Pacific, including to 7th Fleet, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday said.
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Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday use the 1MC to address the crew aboard the Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15). Gilday visited Naval Station Mayport to engage with Sailors, speak to local Navy leadership and tour a number of commands in the area. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Austin Collins/Released) IT Gilday taking cautious, ‘deliberate’ approach to Navy’s secretive Project Overmatch tech deployments
The sea service is currently deploying the capabilities with the USS Carl Vinson to evaluate their effectiveness.