WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. senators are looking beyond Russia and the current conflict in Eastern Europe and want the Pentagon\u2019s Joint All-Domain Command and Control vision for cross-service coordination ready for a possible face-off with China in the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The lawmakers in a recently filed version of the annual National Defense Authorization Act<\/a> instructed Defense Department leadership to focus on the build out of a joint headquarters for JADC2 alongside U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, or INDOPACOM, in Hawaii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n JADC2 is the Pentagon\u2019s concept for a wholly connected military, one in which information flows quickly, securely and accurately across land, air, sea, space and cyber. The U.S. hopes to edge out advanced adversaries \u2014 namely China and Russia \u2014 with the seamless battlefield links. By establishing the JADC2 base in the Pacific, the U.S. would be prepared to stand up to threats from China with a fully integrated response, the senators said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFrom China\u2019s emergence as our most consequential strategic competitor to Russia\u2019s assault on Ukraine, the challenges before us are momentous,\u201d Sen. Jack Reed, the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman<\/a>, said in a statement July 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTo ensure our technological superiority,\u201d he said, the latest NDAA \u201cstrengthens our cyber, hypersonic, and artificial intelligence capabilities, giving our forces advantages on the battlefields of the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The sought-after JADC2 capabilities must span services and platforms, according to the measure, which would also require at least one demonstration per quarter beginning in fiscal 2023. The demonstrations should be folded into existing, realistic exercises including Valiant Shield<\/a>, Northern Edge and others involving INDOPACOM, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ninth iteration of Valiant Shield wrapped June 17, after a dozen days of joint operations at sea, in the air, on land and across cyberspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\t