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Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2)

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 752nd Operations Support Squadron set up equipment at Project Convergence Capstone 4 experimentation at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 21, 2024. (DOD courtesy photo)

Project Convergence headed to Indo-Pacific Command in April

As part of the Project Convergence Capstone 5 exercise, forces will leave capabilities behind for operational use in the Indo-Pacific.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Amado Saltosandrade, left, radio operator, and Lance Cpl. Miguel Alfaro, Right, electronics maintenance repairer, with the 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment set up the Marine Corps Wideband Satellite during the establishment of the 3d LCT command and control node at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Oct. 25, 2022. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cody Purcell)

Proliferated LEO, hybrid cloud capabilities enable U.S. forces to operate more disconnected

With connectivity expected to be limited in future conflicts, U.S. troops must learn to operate without persistent communications and data.
U.S., coalition and Five Eyes alliance partners experiment with Air Combat Command’s Tactical Operations Center-enabled Control Reporting Center during the Shadow Operations Center – Nellis’ Capstone event at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Dec. 8, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Keith Keel)

Key to the Pentagon’s concept for modern war is standardization

To fully realize CJADC2, data standards must be enacted along with efforts to share successes and architectures across theaters and organizations.
A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 37th Bomb Squadron and U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors assigned to the 90th Fighter Squadron fly in formation above U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships in the Pacific Ocean in support of Valiant Shield 2024, June 7, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Keegan Putman)

Joint force, international partners, contractors test command and control capabilities in Pacific exercise

Valiant Shield provided an opportunity for the Department of Defense and its partners to put interoperability and CJADC2 concepts to the test.
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U.S., coalition and Five Eyes alliance partners experiment with Air Combat Command’s Tactical Operations Center-enabled Control Reporting Center during the Shadow Operations Center – Nellis’ Capstone event at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Dec. 8, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Keith Keel)

Air Force plans ‘sprint week’ to experiment with ABMS solutions from industry

The event will focus on different human-maching teaming solutions that can aid battle managers in quickly defeating targets.
U.S. Sailors, assigned to the Beachmaster Unit 1, and the Amphibious Construction Battalion, load and unload a Landing Craft Unit at Camp Pendleton, Calif. on Feb. 29, 2024. Project Convergence is a campaign of events to build trust in new technologies with Joint and Multinational partners. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Gabriella Bruce-Larkin)

Data passed ‘at a magnitude never seen before’ at Army’s Project Convergence

The Army, joint services and multinational partners said they experimented with passing data at a scale never done previously during Project Convergence Capstone 4.
U.S. Navy Operations Specialist 1st Class Frederick Robinson, from Abbeville, Louisiana, stands tactical data coordinator (TDC) in the combat information center (CIC) during sea and anchor detail as the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) departs Azores, Portugal after a brief stop for fuel, October 5, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau)

Navy develops blueprint for information environment systems

The Information Environment Ecosystem Blueprint outlines reference architecture for modernizing systems and networks.
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