Command and Control Archives

U.S. Airmen assigned with the 726th Air Control Squadron, 366th Operations Group, setup a communication system at Camp Pendleton, Calif., during Project Convergence-Capstone 4. This system allows the USAF to share ground data expeditiously with Air Traffic Control Towers and ground forces across various locations simultaneously. The exercise is just one of many experiments during the month-long PC-C4 event. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christ-Claude Mowandza-Ndinga)

What’s next for the new CJADC2 minimum viable capability

CDAO leadership recently briefed the media how they plan to advance next-gen command and control in the near-term.

Feb 26, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

U.S. Marines with Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch, Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity, drive a new Amphibious Combat Vehicle along the beach during low-light surf transit testing at AVTB Beach on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 18, 2019. The test was designed to assess and verify how well Marines can interface with the vehicle and operate at night. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)

Marine Corps activity receives service’s first S&T ‘reinvention laboratory’ designation

Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity just got a boost.

Jan 29, 2024 By Jon Harper

U.S. Marines with Headquarters Battalion, 3d Marine Division, execute command and control from a combat operations center during exercise Keen Edge 22 on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 31, 2022. Keen Edge is a biannual bilateral command post exercise between the U.S. military and the Japan Self-Defense Force that achieves mutual security objectives and strengthens U.S.-Japan military interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Diana Jimenez)

Keen Edge wargame to serve as ‘proof of concept’ for zero-trust networking among international partners

The U.S., Japan and Australia will conduct a trilateral command post exercise early next year.

Dec 12, 2023 By Jon Harper

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. (Feb. 3, 2021) Army Col. Christopher Caldwell, the J3 operations director assigned to Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS), details the capabilities of the JTF-CS common operating picture to Commanding General Maj. Gen. Jeff Van and JTF-CS staff during a Joint All-Domain Command & Control System demonstration. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael H. Lehman/Released)

Lawmakers want to keep a closer eye on Pentagon’s JADC2 pursuits

Sen. Joni Ernst and Rep. Darrell Issa recently introduced the Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) Implementation Act.

Nov 29, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

Kevin Mulvihill, poses for his official portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, July 25, 2017. (U.S. Army photo by William Pratt)

Pentagon CIO taps Kevin Mulvihill to lead command, control and communications portfolio

Mulvihill is charged with providing strategic direction, policy guidance and oversight of DOD network modernization efforts.

Nov 9, 2023 By Jon Harper

U.S. Soldiers of the 392nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion in Baltimore, Maryland, assemble an OE254 Radio antenna for communication on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ, June 21, 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Washington)

Army will get ‘pounded’ by adversaries if network doesn’t improve, new chief of staff warns

“Our number one priority when it comes to transformation is the network. Command and control is foundational to how we fight. Frankly, a lot of the systems that we have…

Oct 10, 2023 By Jon Harper

Members of the 56th Air and Space Communications Squadron at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam operate cyber systems using a Enhanced communications flyaway kit during the Global Information Dominance Experiment 3 and Architect Demonstration Evaluation 5 at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Michigan, July, 12, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Amy Picard)

Air Force releases BAA on artificial intelligence for next-gen command and control

Nearly $100 million in total funding has been allotted for awards.

Aug 31, 2023 By Jon Harper

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 13: Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY) speaks during a press conference for the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force on June 13, 2023 outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)

DOD might not be on track to enable joint integration ‘urgently required’ for JADC2, House panel warns

Congress wants an update on the DOD’s efforts to create a joint data integration layer.

Jun 26, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

Navy receives first E-6B jet with new nuclear command, control and communications upgrades

Northrop Grumman has delivered the first E-6B Mercury aircraft with Block II modifications to the Navy. Five kits were integrated onto the platform, “implementing efficiencies and improving aircraft…

Jun 6, 2023 By Jon Harper

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Timothy Brady, the commanding officer of 3d Marines, conducts command and control (C2) of an air assault utilizing the Network On-the-Move Airborne (NOTM-A) communications system during Large Scale Exercise 2021, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Aug. 12, 2021. The NOTM-A provides a C2 capability to mission commanders while airborne, enhancing battlefield management and awareness. LSE 2021 is a live, virtual, and constructive exercise employing integrated command and control, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and sensors across the joint force to expand battlefield awareness, share targeting data, and conduct long-range precision strikes in support of naval operations in a contested and distributed maritime environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Josue Marquez)

Marine force design plans include overhauling C2, data capabilities to support ‘all-domain’ ops

The annual update to Force Design 2030 calls on the Marine Corps to revamp its command-and-control and information capabilities for all-domain operations.

Jun 5, 2023 By Mikayla Easley