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WASHINGTON \u2014 The success of the Pentagon\u2019s future war-fighting architecture to link sensors and shooters is dependent upon a network that is somewhat fragile, the department\u2019s top uniformed network official has admitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control, or CJADC2<\/a>, is the military\u2019s new emerging concept to collect a raft of data from sensors and systems, and then deliver it to war fighters in austere locations at the tip of the spear to make decisions at the increasingly rapid speed of war. (The \u201cC\u201d in the concept\u2019s name was recently added to include international partners.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the Defense Department\u2019s networks presently might not be up to the task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne area as a prerequisite that I think most of you would appreciate: All of this, the undergirding of this entire delivery mechanism that I\u2019m describing, rides on a network that most would agree today is somewhat fragile,\u201d said Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall, director for command, control, communications, computers and cyber who also services as chief information officer for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Pentagon official spoke Nov. 19 during a virtual presentation hosted by AFCEA\u2019s Northern Virginia chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat good does it do to build this 10,000-pound truck \u2026 one that can ingest and make sense of this enormous amount of material, if there\u2019s no bridge or road to drive it on? Right now, our networks are under great stress,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Crall \u2014 who said CJADC2 was the No. 1 priority when he arrived at his current position \u2014 pointed to modernization efforts underway to improve the network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got to make sure that the network that we\u2019re building is rising with all these capabilities so those roads and bridges have the pathway to deliver an outcome,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is all about the war-fighting network, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re driving to improve along the same lines.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crall explained that one departure from previous efforts is integration of the mission partner environment<\/a> \u2014 a coalition network \u2014 from the start. He added that coalition partners have historically been bolted on after the fact, but that won\u2019t be the case with CJADC2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Matthew Strohmeyer, U.S. NORTHCOM scenario coordinator, delivers a capabilities brief to senior leadership during the first ever Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) demonstration, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Dec. 18, 2019. (Tech. Sgt. Joshua J. Garcia\/U.S. Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

He also described two products his office has been charged to develop: a CJADC2 strategy and a posture review. The strategy, which is priority among the two, will seek to herd all the technological factors such as data standards, architecture, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and cross-domain solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had a lot of effort, but no real guideposts or stripe on the road that we can follow, a cardinal heading that we can get behind and bring some order to how this is progressing so that we know where the winners and losers are in the journey to a better outstate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The strategy currently has between nine and 11 lines of effort, though Crall said his team isn\u2019t done; they are about 80 percent through this framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the strategy, Crall said, they will develop a posture review, which he described as a fancy term for a gap analysis. The review will ensure the Pentagon is properly resourced and will set priorities of what gaps to fill and schedule delivery of solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s the confusion?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crall lamented confusion surrounding CJADC2. Put simply, the Defense Department is framing CJADC2 as sense, make sense and act: collecting data, making sense of that torrent of information and pushing it to war fighters in a timely fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is to ensure decisions are relevant because \u201ca great decision made too late, [is] not a great decision [and] fairly meaningless,\u201d Crall said. \u201cThese decisions have to be made in seconds, and in many cases through automation and machine learning. The old way of doing business or the war-fighting construct we had doesn\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crall also discussed what he perceived as confusion surrounding when CJADC2 will be delivered, citing reports that it is on a 10-year path for delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not true,\u201d he said, noting that the plan is to deliver capabilities now through the 10-year mark. He described a continuous journey that will likely never be complete, as adjustments are made to changes in adversaries\u2019 tactics. The plan is to have adjustable and adaptive lines of effort that are malleable and allow for tweaks as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crall also explained CJADC2 will be a multiservice effort, saying it will include elements of the Air Force\u2019s Advanced Battle Management System<\/a>, the Navy\u2019s Project Overmatch<\/a> and the Army\u2019s Project Convergence<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are elements of each one of those that really come to bear. And like I said, all of the initial investments in those three efforts are all safe bets, in my opinion,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re really getting at the heart of learning, breaking, fixing, and experimenting and trying again. They\u2019re all good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Crall warned of going too far down these experimentation roads before getting locked in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow much further [can] you go down those roads before those investments start to lock us in a way ahead that may or may not inform the outcome that we see through the strategy?\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s why that strategy has to be written now to ensure that we capitalize on the good work that\u2019s out there, but make sure we\u2019re rowing in the same direction for the mid- and long-term fight that we have ahead of us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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