The fielding comes after two Army divisions experimented with NGC2 for more than a year and nearly two months after the service tested the architecture at a…

“We want industry to understand the mission problem, bring their best ideas, and be prepared to deliver interoperable and adaptive capability," Brig. Gen. Joshua Williams said.

“They were designed to validate software, they were designed to validate sensor-to-shooter linkages that perhaps are different than what today exists,” Lt. Gen. Brian Gibson said.

The point, according to the NETCOM commander, was so that “theaters in crisis can focus on the crisis, and theaters outside of that crisis can focus on…

The CDAO team aims to anchor MSS as an operational cornerstone for command and control, but some sources questioned its early impacts.

During the daylong visit, senior military officials observed technology demonstrations in SNC’s System Integration Command, Digital Cave, and more.

Budget documents indicate that the department aims to swiftly consolidate “software-centric C2 onto a single pane of glass” in the next year.

Less than a month after the edict's release, experts said the full implications of this major transition remain unclear.

The call for solutions comes as the Army is moving to enhance its comms networks with initiatives like C2 Fix and Next Gen C2.

“We were asked to procure some additional space capabilities. So we are at $185 billion for the objective architecture, which delivers way out into the 2035 timeframe,”…