WASHINGTON \u2014 Project Convergence started relatively small, with limited soldier participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At its inception in the Arizona desert in 2020, the U.S. Army hoped to use the event to evaluate its materiel upgrades, including a potent brew of artificial intelligence, autonomy, robotics<\/a> and radiating connectivity. The scale at which experimentation took place paled in comparison to the global presence the service touts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The technology crucible, however, quickly grew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2021, Project Convergence welcomed Air Force and Navy participation, highlighting the military-wide expectations of future fighting. The next year, it added international forces: Australia and the U.K. directly participated, while others, such as Canada, looked on. The endeavor, critical to shaping the Army\u2019s future formations and employment of tech, soon became a breeding ground for Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control<\/a>, or CJADC2, the Pentagon\u2019s larger connectedness campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the blossoming left some in Army leadership with questions. Was there enough time to fully absorb the results? Was there enough time to plan successive events?<\/p>\n\n\n\t