WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. and the U.K. agreed to jointly improve command and control while focusing on data compatibility and lessons learned from the Project Convergence networking experiment involving both nations that wrapped up this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Director of the Joint Staff J6 Lt. Gen. Mary O\u2019Brien and Deputy Director of Strategic Command Lt. Gen. Tom Copinger-Symes signed a formal agreement Nov. 4, the Pentagon said Thursday, describing the move<\/a> as a \u201cstep in achieving collaborative C2.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The arrangement comes as Washington pushes Joint All-Domain Command and Control, the Pentagon\u2019s vision for seamless, secure data flows across the battlefield, and London pursues its similar Multi-Domain Integration Change Program. Both strategies are meant to foster seamless connectivity across disparate forces, weapons and databases, no matter the national affiliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The links are needed, officials say, to counter technologically advanced adversaries such as China and Russia<\/a>, and ensure smoother international collaboration. JADC2 and MDICP will be bridged via shared standards and principles, U.S. and U.K. officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m a huge believer in the strategic partnership that we have with the U.K.,\u201d Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told reporters Nov. 9 during a Project Convergence briefing. \u201cThe U.K. has been with us in all of our most important operations over the last 20 years, and I would expect they will be with us as we go forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t