Command and Control Archives

SDA has big plans for a new app factory to aid battle management

The Space Development Agency recently released a draft solicitation for the Battle Management Command, Control, and Communications (BMC3) Application Factory.

Nov 14, 2022 By Jon Harper

Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, commander of U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), gives the opening keynote address at the 2022 National Defense Transportation Association – USTRANSCOM Fall Meeting, St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 17, 2022. This year’s theme is “Defense Transportation & Logistics…Evolving the Strategic Advantage.” The Fall Meeting provides a unique forum where DoD and industry professionals gather to discuss defense logistics and transportation challenges, opportunities, innovations, new technologies, best practices, and adapting logistics for a contested environment in the 21st century. (DoD photo by Sgt. Vontrae Hampton)

Transcom completes zero trust implementation across its classified network

The command also released a new strategy to ensure it can remain ready now and in the future.

Oct 18, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

U.S. Army General Christopher Cavoli testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 26, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

NATO refining domain-specific ‘family of plans’ to guide allies’ cooperation in future contingencies

The plans will improve the alliance's ability to respond to any contingency and to ensure timely reinforcement, according to NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe.

Sep 27, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

Air Force preparing new model, materials to inform its contribution to JADC2

Deputy CIO Winston Beauchamp says a model detailing the second pillar of JADC2 is scheduled for release to industry next week.

Sep 15, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall is interviewed by a reporter at the 2022 Defense News conference. (Photo by: Brandi Vincent)

Air Force to install new manager to oversee next-gen command and control

Air Force Secretary shed light on current technological priorities and in-the-works elements of the branch’s 2024 budget request.

Sep 7, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks meets with the commander of U.S. Transportation Command, Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, at Transcom headquarters, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Aug. 18, 2022. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

Hicks wants more high-level oversight of Pentagon’s JADC2 efforts

A shakeup could be coming soon in the way the Pentagon manages its Joint All-Domain Command and Control efforts.

Aug 23, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

Burke Baker, a technical director from the 2nd Audiovisual Squadron, operates a switch board in support of the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) Onramp 2, Aug. 31, 2020 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel Hernandez)

Air Force develops new model for battle management to underpin requirements for ABMS

The Air Force will release the model to industry that lays out what command and control should look like.

Aug 12, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau

Photo of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab’s Kossiakoff Center. (Photo courtesy of JHU-APL)

DOD schedules industry day for new rapid defense experimentation initiative

Pentagon officials will meet with industry on July 26 to discuss plans for its RDER project.

Jul 14, 2022 By Jon Harper