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The last 20 years have been, essentially, us fighting against insurgents, terrorists, ISIS, Taliban. And we\u2019ve done tremendous efforts and we\u2019ve had great progress and great impact,\u201d CIO Raj Iyer said <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PEOC3T\/status\/1523726849896972288\" target=\"_blank\">May 9 at a technical forum<\/a> hosted by the service\u2019s network modernization office. \u201cBut the next 10 years, or the next 20 years, is going to be against a near-peer adversary that\u2019s technologically savvy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That shift away from small-scale precision counterterrorism and toward large-scale standoffs or confrontations with advanced foes means the U.S. cannot tarry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re not waiting for the Army of 2030,\u201d Iyer said. \u201cWe\u2019re not waiting to go build out some sophisticated, elaborate JADC2 solution or system. 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Through major exercises and experimentation, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2022\/02\/23\/project-convergence-reinforces-the-need-for-shared-standards-across-the-services\/\" target=\"_blank\">the annual Project Convergence<\/a>, the Army hopes to get there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMoving into PC \u201822, there\u2019s a heavy emphasis on data\u201d and integration of platforms, Iyer said. \u201cHow well do they work together? How are we able to condense the kill chain?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like Iyer, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth has emphasized the need to embrace data, and quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a February message, Wormuth said the path to success \u201crequires a commitment to innovation\u201d and trying \u201cnew ways of operating.\u201d The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2021\/11\/10\/at-second-project-convergence-us-army-experiments-with-joint-operations-in-the-arizona-desert\/\" target=\"_blank\">work done<\/a> at Project Convergence, she continued, \u201cis the kind of innovative approach we need to win the future fight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 100 pieces of cutting-edge tech were studied at PC \u201821, which featured nearly 1,500 participants from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and Space Force. 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