JADC2 may be a solution with no problem, US commanders say
While Project Convergence involved multiple services and domains, US forces have been urged to be less parochial in their JADC2 efforts. (Photo: US Army)
The Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare highlighted the sometimes parochial nature of individual services' JADC2 efforts and underlined the need to go to industry with clear requirements.
The US military services 'have not actually defined the problem we’re trying to solve' with the Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) concept, VAdm Jeffrey Trussler, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare, said during a panel discussion at the annual convention of the Association of Old Crows (AOC) in Washington in late October.
Intended to integrate next-generation capabilities across mission areas for 21st-century warfare – which Kessler said is going to be about 'the spectrum and cyber' - JADC2 is currently the subject of separate development programs by the army (Project Convergence), navy (Project Overmatch)
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