JADC2 aims to bring all of the armed forces under a single operational umbrella, allowing soldiers on the ground, pilots in the air and sailors at sea to share real-time information and work seamlessly to achieve mission goals. But doing so is a massive undertaking, requiring a complete overhaul of each service’s data infrastructure and a unified command and control structure. In this Removing Stovepipes, C4ISRNET looked at where the JADC2 initiative is now and upcoming major milestones on the journey to implementation.

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Guest Speakers:

• Brig. Gen. Valenzia, Department of the Air Force Advance Battle Management System Cross Functional Team Lead
• Chad Haferbier, Vice President,Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) Division, Leidos

Data is the heart of the Pentagon’s vision for how to win future conflicts. The U.S. Army needs the latest tactical cloud and network technology to provide the best information at unprecedented speeds to soldiers and commanders. What challenges must the Army overcome to bring together and mine its vast data resources and provide up-to-date command post tools for Joint All-Domain Command and Control? In this panel, C4ISRNET asked Army leaders about their priorities to connect soldiers with combat clouds and networks that will change warfare by bringing computing and analysis to the battlefield.

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Guest Speakers:

• Lt. Gen. John Morrison, Deputy Chief of Staff, G6, U.S. Army
• Maj. Gen. Rob Collins, Program Executive Officer for Command, Control, Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T), U.S. Army
• Mr. Ross Guckert, Program Executive Officer for Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS), U.S. Army
• Brig. Gen. Jeth Rey, Director Network Cross Functional Team, U.S. Army
• Derrick R. Pledger, Director of Digital Modernization, Leidos

This event took place on October 15, 2020

Project Convergence is an exercise that will test the sharing of targeting data among the Army’s newest weapons, including aerial scouts, long-range missile launchers and armored vehicles. In a way, it’s the advent to a future of multidomain operations. But to make all of this happen service leaders need the right network, the right information technology and the right concepts. In this session, we explored what happened, what kind of hardware and software is necessary and what kind of modernization must take place to be successful.

Guest Speakers:

• BG Ross Coffman, Director, Next Generation Combat Vehicles CFT
• BG Rob Collins, Program Executive Officer for Command, Control, Communications – Tactical (PEO C3T)
• Col. Stephanie Ahern, Chief of Concepts, Army Futures Command
• COL Robert Ryan, Deputy Director, Network Cross-Functional Team
• Mike Raker, Vice President and Chief Engineer for C4ISR Systems, Leidos

During this webcast, we discussed the service’s plans for digital architecture, data standards and the role of software in connecting the Air Force’s weapons through the Advanced Battle Management System and the JADC2 concept. What technical challenges do officials still need to overcome and what kind of momentum is in place to change how the Air Force thinks about these problems?

Guest Speakers:

• Nicolas Chaillan, Chief Software Officer, U.S. Air Force
• Doug Jones, Defense Group CTO and Senior Vice President, Leidos