OpenSpace: Using Software, Not Hardware, To Reconfigure The Satellite Ground Segment For A 5G World

Diversifying space architectures and the need for interoperability is driving a shift to dynamic, flexible, software-based infrastructure.

DoD Spending On JADC2 Jumps, With Increased Focus On Interoperability: Report

Govini’s Billy Fabian said that for some JADC2 problems, the DoD has a “closing window… before the next generation of capabilities are too far along in development. Otherwise, it risks making its interoperability challenges even worse.”

JADC2 Hinges On Decision Superiority

Agile, open networks will let the DoD make command decisions faster, distribute its forces, and operate at a standoff distance to counter new weaponry like hypersonic missiles. 

Distributed Maritime Operations: Dispersing The Fleet For Survivability And Lethality

The near-term challenge for DMO is figuring out how to take existing platforms and systems and quickly evolve them to provide JADC2-like capabilities to a dispersed fleet.

Project Convergence: Exercise Shows Value In Data Weapons Check For The Digital Age

“Data is the new ammunition, and we have to test fire our digital systems just like we test fire our weapons systems,” writes Ret. Gen. Richard Cody.

JADC2 Implementation Plan ‘Weeks Away’: J6’s Parker

“Joint always seems fun until we get into decisions about who governs this,” joked Army CIO Raj Iyer.

HASC NDAA Markup Adds Slew Of Cyber, IT, Spectrum Initiatives

“If there’s one overarching theme of our approach this year, it’s to transform where we’re heading and focus on technology and innovation and how to start using that better,” HASC Chair Smith said in opening remarks.

Army Issues Big RFP For IT To Bolster Network Modernization

The RFP comes as the Army is undertaking a major, multi-year network modernization initiative.

No Compromises: Tiltrotor Mission Effectiveness For Long-Range Air Assault

Bell’s V-280 Valor builds upon 600,000 hours of experience with the V-22 tiltrotor with a clean-sheet design to meet the Army’s requirement for an air-assault platform.

DoD Launches New Zero-Trust Security Portfolio Office; CIO Talks Priorities

The new office is slated for October, Pentagon CIO John Sherman said, while also giving updates on the Spectrum Strategy implementation plan and the cyber workforce strategy.

JADC2’s Space-Based Backbone

A layered architecture of geosynchronous, medium-earth, and low-earth-orbit satellites will provide resilient sensor coverage for Joint All Domain Command and Control.

Navy Acquisition Boss Shifting Programs To Prep For Project Overmatch

The Navy’s program executive officers must make recommendations about what programs should report directly to the leadership overseeing Project Overmatch by October.

Exposing The Data Makes JADC2 Possible

Aligning current and emerging technologies for Joint All-Domain Command and Control is the enabler that will let warfighters acquire data and quickly act on it by applying effects where they need them, when they need to, and on the timeline they need them.

Range, Speed, And Reaction Time At Operational Distances Will Define The Next Phase Of Army Aviation

Bell created the V-280 Valor with agility, speed in excess of 280 knots, and more than 500 nm of range that is needed to quickly take advantage of tactical opportunities in multi-domain operations in theaters across the globe.